Kempton Shows After Shove
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action was on the turn with a board that read 
and a large pot of about 900,000 already in the middle. Ioannis Patsourakis made a bet of 525,000 over to Isaac Kempton.
Kempton paused for about ten seconds before announcing all in. It was a huge shove as both players were among the largest stacks of the remaining players. Patsourakis thought for about 15 seconds before mucking his cards.
Kempton showed the 
for nothing with outs to a flush as he collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,550,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
||
|
4,100,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
. Sailor continued with a bet of 450,000. Jackson got sticky and called. The turn was the 
. Both players checked.
came on the river. Action went check-check again and Jackson flipped over the [khjk] which was good enough to take the pot as Sailor mucked his hand.
on the flop and Rosenberg jumped way in front with his flopped pair of sixes.
turn took the wind out of Rosenberg's sails and the 
river cemented the pot for Kempton, sending Rosenberg to the payout desk.
. From the small blind Paul Balzano bet 400,000 over to David Jackson from the button who called.
.
landed on the river to complete the board. Patsourakis tapped the table to Calderaro who immediately moved all in, totaling 1,635,000.
for top pair of johnnies. Calderaro turned over 
against the 
to give Ray an unlikely backdoor flush and get a big double up.
and Gomez got himself up to a nice amount.
river was not it and Jackson scooped the pot, eliminating Ray from the tournament.