Did not win the main event in Hammond..shoved co J9 lose to Tamayo kk,79th place for a few bucks...off to Hawaii Tuesday #dontfeelsorryformeOctober 21 2012
After a raise from the cutoff seat to 29,000, Shiva Dudani reraised all in from the small blind for 186,000. The cutoff seat called holding the . Dudani held the .
"Nice hand," sighed Dudani as he saw the bad news.
The board ran out , and just as Dudani was about to get out of his chair, he hit a flush on the river to double up.
From under the gun, Hiren "Sunny" Patel raised to 22,000. Action then folded to Nick Grippo in the small blind, and he reraised to 60,000. Patel flatted and took a flop of . Grippo bet 65,000, and Patel made the call.
On the turn, the landed. Grippo bet 120,000, and Patel called again. Then, the completed the board on the river. Grippo opted to check with just under 400,000 behind. Patel checked behind.
Grippo showed the for a set of threes, and Patel mucked.
Adam Cook check-called the flop, and Jonathan Tamayo bet 26,000. Cook called, and the dealer dealt the on the turn. Both players checked, then the fell on the river. Cook bet 32,000, and Tamayo folded.
Lee Childs opened with a raise from middle position to 20,000, and Tom Koral called from the big blind. The flop came down , and both players checked to see the pair the board on the turn. Koral led for 32,000, and Childs folded.
With the average stack sitting around 404,000, we just witnessed a near 2 million-chip pot.
There was a raise by Charles Donahue preflop, and two calls from Claudia Crawford and Josh Williams. The flop fell , Donahue checked, and Crawford fired 40,000. Williams called, Donahue raised to what looked like 110,000 or so, and only Crawford called.
The turn was the , and Donahue led out for 148,000. Crawford raised to 308,000, and Donahue moved all in for 813,000.
"Wow," Crawford blurted. "This is my whole tournament."
When the count was verified by the dealer, Crawford went deep into the tank.
"Sorry guys," she offered, but no one dared be impatient - there was already over 1.4 million in the middle of the table.
Crawford eventually called, tabling for top two pair, and Donahue rolled over for a flush draw.
The river was a red , and just like that Donahue was eliminated.
"I tried to fold," Crawford told him after the hand, but Donahue wasn't mad.
"You made a great call," he told her.
Crawford is now way ahead of the pack with an astounding 2.3 million chips.