Mortensen Takes a Hit
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Danard Petit open shoved all in for 401,000, and former Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen reraised all in. Everyone else folded, and the players showed their cards:
Mortensen: 
Petit: 
The flop came 
, giving Petit bottom set, and Mortensen was in bad shape in the hand. The turn was the 
, giving Mortensen extra outs. He would need either an eight for a straight or a nine for a higher set to win. The was the 
, however, and Petit’s set won the hand.
Mortensen is now down to 393,000 in chips, while Petit doubled up to 874,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
874,000
382,000
|
382,000 |
|
393,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
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