Tournaments Are So Brutal
Level 16
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
So said a tablemate of a player whose tournament life came to an abrupt end after he got it all in with the preflop nuts: 
. The player with aces had moved in for 125,000 over an early position open from Kyle Dempsey. Dempsey asked for a count before throwing in the call (with over a million chips, his own stack was not in danger), showing down 
. The flop brought Dempsey a gutshot: 
and the turn 
filled it. No split-based escape with the 
river and another cracked pair of aces sent another player to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
828,000
|
828,000 |