Wien Spikes a Spade on the Turn to Make a Huge Double
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jeremy Wien opened to 42,000 from early position and found two callers in Kenny Smaron (button) and Asi Moshe (big blind).
The flop fell 
and big action followed. Moshe tapped to let Wien fire a 105,000 continuation bet. Smaron called but Moshe had bigger plans. He reached to his stack and check-raised to 269,000. Wien announced he was all-in, earning a fold from Smaron. Moshe, however, called in a second.
Jeremy Wien: 
Asi Moshe: 
Moshe had floppped it but he had to fade a spade card on the turn and river. The dealer wasn't on the same page, however, giving Wien the nut flush on the 
turn. Moshe knew he was beat and the 
couldn't change anything. He had to ship 626,000 Wien's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,507,000
844,000
|
844,000 |
|
||
|
1,400,000
-575,000
|
-575,000 |
|
||
|
550,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
with around 220,000 in the middle, the action was on Ross Schultz in the small blind who opted to check. Asi Moshe was in the cutoff and announced all in, putting Schultz to the test for his remaining 250,000 chips.
for a straight and Schultz tabled 
for trips only. Moshe's rivered straight was enough to eliminate Schultz in 17th place and regain some of those chips he previously lost.
. 
hit the river.
and both Peters and Amato flopped trip kings, with Amato holding the better kicker. However, the 
landed on the turn and Peters improved to a full house. The river was the 
didn't improve Gagliano's hand. Blair is now playing over 30 big blinds while Gagliano dropped below that mark.
into 
of Asi Moshe and the board stayed with the initial odds, leaving the underdog second. Moshe's ace-king held and Smaron walked away in 15th place after crushing the tournament on Day 2 yesterday.
which gave Bolek some chop outs, but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river were of no help. The Day 2 chipleader was eliminated in 14th place, taking home $21,655.
