Cronin Doubles
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Action folded around to Chris Cronin in the small blind and he completed. Ryan Buckholtz was in the big blind and raised to 43,000. Cronin quickly moved all in and Buckholtz made the call.
Cronin: 
Buckholtz: 
The flop was 
and Cronin picked up a flush draw. The turn was the 
which didn't effect Buckholtz's lead. However, the 
did by giving Cronin the ace-high flush and Buckholtz became our new short stack.
This pot was especially important for Cronin because he needs to finish in 3rd place or better to take control of the points lead at the Rincon stop. While there is still one event going on and our current points leader, Jonas Mackoff, is still alive in the tournament, Cronin is eyeing that 3rd place spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000
382,000
|
382,000 |
|
105,000
-308,000
|
-308,000 |
, Plache checked and Kuether continued for 125,000. Plache thought about his decision for a bit before letting go of his hand.
split with the 
of Ryan Gentry.
of Deeb. However, when the flop came 
, and Bratene took his time to decide. Eventually, he shoved all in for about 250,000, and Deeb thought for about 30 seconds before open folding 
.
and all three players checked to see the 
turn. Kuether checked once again before Gentry put in a bet worth 60,000. Funkhauser made the call while Kuether got out of the way.
and this time Gentry led for 125,000. Funkhauser thought about it for a minute or two before tossing his cards to the dealer.
. Deeb once again check called Kuether's bet, this one being 115,000, and they saw the 
hit the river.
as he shoveled in the chips.