Beaver Performs Double Elimination to Top 600,000
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A giant cooler saw three players commit their stacks to the pot preflop, with the winner Gary Beaver taking down 630,000, instantly propelled into the top ten in chips. The hands: 
, 
and 
. Beaver with the aces was "caught" in the middle of a raising war between a player with around 70,000 and another with over 100,000; when the board was dealt it contained no upsets to the natural order of high pairs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
521,100
|
521,100 |
|
580,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
565,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
482,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
455,000
343,900
|
343,900 |
|
||
|
|
385,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
250,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
250,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
220,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
220,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
210,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
||
|
150,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
115,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
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