Kroon's Main Event Comes to an End

Mark Kroon drew a lot of attention in this main event for his talkative nature, and for building up his chip stack. He ended Day 1c and 2c as the chip leader, but took a big hit yesterday, and came in as an average stack today. He made the money, but his tournament has just come to an end at the hands of [Removed:532].

An early position player raised it up, and [Removed:550] called in late position. Kroon tagged along from the big blind, and the three saw a flop of . It was checked to [Removed:550], who bet out 16,000. Kroon opted for a check raise to 36,000, and that got the other player out of the hand. It was back to [Removed:550], and he thought it over for a bit before reraising to 86,000. Kroon moved all in for his last 320,000, and [Removed:550] made the call.

[Removed:550]:
Kroon:

The players had to wait for the cameras to get set up, and Kroon started joking with [Removed:550]. "I run good in these situations, just so you know. The ten of hearts always come." The cameras got set up, and the hit the turn, giving [Removed:550] the nut flush draw, and taking one of Kroon's outs away. "Ten of hearts always comes on the river." The whole table got a laugh out of that, and the river brought the . Kroon doubled checked that he hadn't found a way to split the pot, and he wished everyone luck, shook everyone's hand, and headed for the payout desk.