Wiese on the Rise
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Jamie Pickering and James Wiese just got involved in a big hand that saw them putting their close-to-even stacks in the middle following a 
flop. That's when Pickering led for 30,000, Wiese raised all in for around 120,000, and after some thought Pickering called.
Pickering tabled 
for top pair, an open-ended straight draw, and a backdoor flush draw, while Wiese had 
for a wrap draw to a straight and a backdoor flush draw of his own. As it turned out, that latter backdoor flush draw of Wiese's proved meaningful as the turn was the 
and river the 
, giving Wiese a huge double and crippling Pickering to less than 20,000.
Shortly after that hand, Wiese eliminated a short-stacked Peter Charalambous to add still more chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
16,500
173,500
|
173,500 |
|
Busted |