Hale Survives All In
Brant Hale has been the quietest player at the table so far, both verbally and with his play. He is one of the short stacks, and didn't play a hand until he was all in preflop with 
of spades. Unfortunately for Hale, he was dominated by the 
of Bryan Pellegrino. The flop came down 
, putting outs for a chop, along with a world of turn cards that would make the river very interesting. One of those came on the turn, the 
, giving Hale flush draw outs as well.
The 
came on the river, and Daniel Negreanu knew immediately what that meant: "chop it up". Indeed both players played aces and nines with a queen kicker, and Hale got a chop to survive the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | -100,000 |
|
125,000 | -86,000 |