Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Days:
123

Monster Double for Shortway

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Robert Shortway opened to 75,000, Steve Merrifield three-bet to 160,000, and the action folded back to Shortway who moved all in for 1.072 million. Merrifield snapped it off.

Shortway: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Merrifield: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}

"Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!" Merrfieild's rail shouted. "Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!"

The flop - {6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades}.

"Five!" someone yelled.

Indeed, Merrifield could chop with running straight cards, but the {7-Diamonds} on the turn ended that dream. Only a king would do the trick, but the river was a meaningless {4-Diamonds}. Shortway shipped a massive double, while Merrifield is still comfortably over a million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Shortway
Robert Shortway
2,150,000 1,333,000
Steven Merrifield us
Steven Merrifield
us 1,280,000 -1,615,000

Tags: Robert ShortwaySteve Merrifield