Charles Hook Eliminated in 20th Place ($418,000)
Level 21
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Joao Simao raised to 160,000 from the hijack, before Gabriel Andrade three-bet all in for his stack of 750,000 in the cutoff. It folded to Charles Hook in the big blind, who called off for his last 140,000, as Simao got out of the way, leaving the players heads up.
Charles Hook: 7♥5♣
Gabriel Andrade: A♦Q♦
Hook was behind but had two live cards to double up, but when the board ran out Q♥8♦J♣7♠3♠ Andrade improved to a pair of aces, taking the pot and sending Hook to the rail.
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1,170,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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