The Bell Tolls for Tolley
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Nicholas Danias raised to 50,000 from early position and was called by Yuya Sakamoto. Octavian Voegele chose to call from the hijack before Brian Tolley decided to go all in for 400,000 even.
Steven Alper elected to call Tolley's all in. The rest of the table folded after some deliberation to take Tolley and Alper to a showdown.
Brian Tolley: K♣Q♣
Steven Alper: A♠K♥
Tolley was behind with a dominated king, but the flop gave him plenty of equity when it fanned out 2♣6♣5♦.
The 8♦ was not what Tolley needed, and the K♦ gave both players a pair, with Alper holding the better kicker as Tolley was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,515,000
1,515,000
|
1,515,000 |
|
1,850,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
905,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
430,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
Busted |