Big Hands Before Break
Level 23
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Just before break two major hands went down at adjacent tables.
In the first hand Robert Cheung won a three-way all in with 
. A short-stacked opponent held 
and a player with 
had everyone covered.
The queens held when the board ran 
, doubling Cheung to 460,000 chips and eliminating the short-stacked player.
On an adjacent table Andrew Watson had an opponent all in and at risk on a 
flop. Watson was well ahead with 
and his opponent needed help with 
.
Amazingly, the 
spiked on the turn. There was still one more card to come though, and the 
gave Watson a better full house and eliminated his opponent from the tournament.
Watson added to his massive stack and now has 1.2 million chips.