Kennedy Doubles Up Through Masters
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Carl Masters opened from the hijack for 70,000, before Day 1A chip leader James Kennedy jammed in the cutoff with 1,205,000 behind.
"You might want to stick around, might have a huge pot," Masters told PokerNews while action was moving back around to Kennedy.
"It is going to be a huge pot," Kennedy added, while already having his hand on his stack, prepared to push them in the middle and simply waiting for the action to get to him. Eventually it did, and he snap-called with the effective stack of 385,000.
James Kennedy: 
Carl Masters: 
The flip quickly tilted in Kennedy's favor as the 
appeared in the window on the 
flop. The 
turn and river completed the board and ensured the double up for Kennedy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
830,000 | 445,000 |
|
820,000 | -90,000 |
appeared in the window, but those hopes were quickly dashed as the full 
flop, Curt Kohlberg, from under the gun, put out a continuation bet of 110,000.
, showing that he had been trapping the whole time.
flop.
gave Kinney the win with Broadway on the turn, leaving the cutoff with just under 300,000 chips.
completed the board.
to have Devine drawing to just one out.
and 
completed the board to give Brunner a flush and double him up.
, offering no help to Covert and securing the pot for Pett. After the runout had been dealt, Herman Reynolds shared that he had folded queen-jack suited, and would have played the hand had Covert not shoved.
