Growing the Stack Slow and Gentile
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Chester Mead opened in cutoff to 100,000 and got an all-in shove from Michael Gentile for 240,000 from the big blind. Mead called putting Gentile's tournament life on the line.
Michael Gentile: A♥Q♣ 
Chester Mead : A♦10♣
Gentile had Mead dominated and without anyone hitting the board of 9♣K♠5♠2♠J♠, he boosted his stack to a little but more than ten bigs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
1,040,000
|
1,040,000 |
|
|
555,000
204,000
|
204,000 |