Darryl Fish just got it all in on a flop of . Jared Mahoney had check-raised to 1,100,000 and Fish pushed it in. Mahoney made the call with for an overpair and Fish flipped up for a flush draw.
Fish needed a spade, but only one. The turn was the to put him in the lead, but now he needed the river to not be a spade. It was the and Fish snatched up the double and the chip lead.
Jared Mahoney just got it all in preflop with Rainer Kempe with the best of it.
Mahoney:
Kempe:
Kempe's railed enthusiastically called for a five, but the flop came . The turn was the and the river fell , giving Mahoney the double and practically even with Kempe.
There has been a lot of preflop raising and folding so far three-handed. In a recent hand, Rainer Kempe raised to 400,000 and Darryll Fish pushed all in. When it came back around to Kempe, he folded.
Darryll Fish was in the small blind and pushed all of his chips in. Reimer Kempe was in the big blind and made the call.
Fish:
Kempe:
Kempe had woken up with a big hand and Fish was in need of help. Help was exactly what came on the flop of , helping Fish surge into the lead with a pair.
He wasn't out of the woods yet. The turn came and Kempe added a flush draw to his outs. The river card came and Fish secured the double-up.
What a tough end of the level for Brian Altman, the only WPT Champions Club member on this final table. He went from holding half of the chips in play to eliminated in no time flat.
He pushed all in from the small blind and got called off by Jared Mahoney in the big blind.
Altman:
Mahoney:
Mahoney was already ahead before he paired his bottom card on the flop. The turn added a flush draw to Altman's outs, but the river was the and Altman saw his tournament life evaporate.
Altman was eliminated in fourth place for $144,780.
Brian Altman has gone from dominating chip leader to the short stack in less than 10 minutes.
Jared Mahoney raised to 350,000 and Altman called in the big blind, going to a flop of . Altman checked, Mahoney bet 375,000, and Altman pushed his stack in the middle. Mahoney called quickly.
Altman:
Mahoney:
Mahoney's top pair was ahead of Altman's flush draw but had to fade the hearts in the deck. The turn was the and the river card was a harmless , giving Mahoney the big double-up and leaving Altman with little.
Rainer Kempe raised to 300,000 and Brian Altman three-bet his button to 775,000. With action back on Kempe, he made a huge raise to 1,875,000 and Altman asked how much he had behind. When he got an answer, he pushed all in and Kempe immediately called.
Altman:
Kempe:
The flop of was safe for the queens, but the put a scary third club on the board to give Altman more outs to catch up. The river card was the and Kempe grabbed the huge double-up.
Chip leading Brian Altman has more than half of the chips in play. With action on him in the button, he asked approximately how many chips his opponents in the blinds had, and decided to move all in.
Short-stacked Jared Mahoney looked at his hand and elected to call and Darryll Fish gave up his cards.
Altman:
Mahoney:
Mahoney had his opponent dominated with his stronger queen and was looking for a double-up. The flop of was huge for him, nearly locking up the hand.
The turn of left Altman drawing dead to the river, and Mahoney scooped up the double-up with a full house.
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. Jared Mahoney had check-raised to 1,100,000 and Fish pushed it in. Mahoney made the call with 
for an overpair and Fish flipped up 
for a flush draw.
to put him in the lead, but now he needed the river to not be a spade. It was the 
and Fish snatched up the double and the chip lead.
. The turn was the 
and the river fell 
, giving Mahoney the double and practically even with Kempe.
, helping Fish surge into the lead with a pair.
and Kempe added a flush draw to his outs. The river card came 
and Fish secured the double-up.
flop. The 
and Altman saw his tournament life evaporate.
. Altman checked, Mahoney bet 375,000, and Altman pushed his stack in the middle. Mahoney called quickly.
and the river card was a harmless 
, giving Mahoney the big double-up and leaving Altman with little.
was safe for the queens, but the 
and Kempe grabbed the huge double-up.
was huge for him, nearly locking up the hand.