Byrd Busts Out
Level 23
: Blinds 0/0, 30,000 ante
10♥6♠K♠5♠7♠
Q♠J♣8♠A♠5♥
Timothy Byrd found himself first to act and bet the maximum for 200,000, leaving just 35,000 in his stack behind. Next to act Ian Matakis then reshoved for 635,000 and action folded all the way back round to Byrd, who placed in his remaining seven 5,000 denomination chips.
Byrd was holding a gutshot on the top, as well as top set and a blocker to the nut straight on the bottom with A♦Q♥Q♣9♥. Matakis was also very strong, holding K♦J♦J♥10♠ for top two pair on top, along with middle set and an open-ender on the bottom. The first runout came clean for Matakis, whose top two stayed good, and his turned Broadway on bottom allowed him to scoop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,035,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |