Lo Doubles Through Lindgren
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Erick Lindgren made it 50,000 to go from late position and Phil Galfond flatted from the cutoff. Rono Lo moved all in for his last 376,000 from the button and the blinds let their hands go.
"I'll call," said Lindgren after a beat.
Galfond got out of the way and the cards were turned on their backs.
Lindgren: 
Lo: 
The flop fell 
, giving Lindgren top pair but still keeping him behind Lo's two kings. The 
rolled off on the turn, meaning Lindgren would need to improve on the final card to score the elimination. The 
finished the board and Lo was able to secure the double. He now has about 830,000 in chips while Lindgren has fallen to 1.47 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,470,000 | -81,000 |
|
830,000 | 356,000 |
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, and the action checked to Hall, who fired out 150,000. Only Gruissem called.
, the duo both checked, and the 
completed the board. Gruissem checked, Hall tossed out four canary T100,000 chips, and the German looked like he was about to muck. At the last moment he let go of his cards, and tossed in a lavender T250,000 chip.
.
- roughly half of the pot - and Antonio Esfandiari made the call.
, Smith checked, and Esfandiari fired out 278,000. Smith made the call.
for top two.
. Salomon was first to act and he dropped out a bet of 300,000. Heinecker thought for about 30 seconds before moving out a call.
. With about 1.2 million already in the middle, Gruissem had checked to Hall before facing this all in bet.
and Reinkemeier checked to Colman who bet 185,000 and his opponent called.
on the river.
hit the felt, completing the board, and almost instantly, Merson moved all in for effectively 1.8 million, as that's what Esfandiari had left. Merson shoved for a little over 1.9 million. Esfandiari went into the tank.
