Hawkins Says Costa is Lucky to Chop
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
James Hughes raised to 4,500 in early position before Chris Costa three-bet to 22,000 on the button. Maurice Hawkins was in the small blind and paused to look around. After asking to see Hughes stack he opted to call and Hughes called as well.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and Hawkins led out for 26,000. Hughes snap-mucked and Costa moved in for a little over 100,000. Hawkins instantly called and both players showed their hands.
Chris Costa: 
Maurice Hawkins: 
Both players flopped top pair top kicker and the board completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
"You're lucky to chop," Chirped Hawkins, "that's the bottom of my range."
"You're both lucky," chimed in Hughes, suggesting he had the best hand before the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
142,000
41,800
|
41,800 |
|
124,500
50,000
|
50,000 |
which meant Martinelli's pocket tens held to win the pot and knock out Tesoraro,
turn, with an opponent to his immediate right calling both bets.
and D'Ambrosio put out another 66,500, getting a call from his opponent. D'Ambrosio turned over 
for running trip sevens to take the pot.
and Ali Imsirovic checked. The second player involved bet 3,500 and Connor Stuewe made the call while Ismsirovic got out of the way. 
and Stuewe's opponent continued to bet for 10,000, which Stuewe quickly called. 
in Stuewe's hand for a full house on the river.
run out improved Moshe to a full house to send him to the rail.
and Filippi continued for 18,500 after Zhang checked. Zhang cut out a stack of green 25,000 chips and began shuffling them while pondering the decision.
flop and a player in middle position called before Zhang raised to 28,000. Filippi folded quickly, but the other opponent tanked for a few moments before also giving up his hand.
