Amnon Filippi Nearly Finished After Brutal Cooler
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A Texas Hold'em tournament is often decided when the game's premium hands clash, and Amnon Filippi just found himself on the wrong end of that equation.
Holding 
, Filippi got his chips into the middle preflop, but he soon discovered that Everett Carlton held the goods: 
.
Bemoaning his fate by telling a friend at the other table "kings versus aces, f--k me," Filippi watched as the board ran out 
, and despite picking up a few additional outs on the flop, he shipped almost every chip he had to Carlton in the next seat over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
645,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
30,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
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