Some Context On Two Bust Outs
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Nicolas Chouity told our colleague from the World Poker Tour Blog how Sotirios Koutoupas found himself eliminated. Evgeny Starikov had limped in, and Koutoupas had isolated with a raise to 8,000. Starikov called, and check-called a 10,000 bet on 
. The fell on the turn and the players got their chips in the middle. Starikov had 
for trips, Koutoupas was drawing dead with his 
.
Antonio Buonanno not only made some chips six-betting Christian Christner, he gained another 100,000 after eliminating Toni Judet. Judet came short with his pocket eights, the Italian chip leader had pocket nines and faced no resistance from the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000 | 120,000 |
|
110,000 | 39,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |