Cruz Leaves Gupta With Crumbs
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The board was reading 
with already more than 110,000 chips in the middle when Marciano Cruz first checked. Ashish Gupta, on the button, made a bet of 52,000 and Cruz thought about his next move for about a minute before announcing all-in with a stack of 214,000.
Gupta ended up making the call with 
for top pair, but quickly mucked his hand when Cruz tabled 
for the straight. Gupta was left with three big blinds after that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
535,000 | 387,000 |
|
28,000 | -272,000 |
, but was facing 
in Hutter's hand.
run out brought no help to Adams, who made his way to the cashier.
, as well as on the turn 
. 
run out brought her no help and Luther slipped down to 280,000.
