Stewart Doubles Up, Promptly Does Same to Husaynue
Level 32
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Roger Stewart doubled to 5,200,000 through Mansour Alipourfard (
vs. 
on a 
board) and seconds later called an all-in from Samir Husaynue, who as the shortest stack has been picking spots to move in and keeping one eye fixed on the counts of the others likely to be doing similarly.
In a mirror image of the previous hand, Husaynue's pocket eights stayed ahead of Stewart's overcards (
) as the board ran out 
. Husaynue doubles to 4,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,300,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
4,000,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
3,170,000
-1,430,000
|
-1,430,000 |
runout. McNurlan is now the chip leader at 24.8 million chips.
for the wheel straight. This ace on the river had clearly hit Stewart, as Mash was telling him, "That ace was a bad card for you." Stewart, aware of this, has dropped into the danger zone with just over a million chips left.
. Ali Zihni made the call with 
but paid out when Stewart hit what was called affectionately by someone at the table "the NutterButters" on the turn of a 
. The action checked to Karlsson on the button, who went all in for the last of his 4-million stack. 
sealed the bustout.
, with the flop ace putting Lisanti ahead. Top pair held up and Ho's run has ended in 12th place.
