Kaladjurdjevic Leaves Tsai With Dust; Kincaid Finishes Him Off
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Eric Tsai raised from the cutoff and Bryan Piccioli called in the small blind. Dejan Kaladjurdjevic squeezed to around 340,000 from the big blind, and after tanking for a while, Tsai ripped it in for 1,800,000. Piccioli folded, but Kaladjurdjevic called for his stack of 1,675,000.
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic: A♥K♣
Eric Tsai: K♠J♠
Tsai had run into the big slick of Kaladjurdjevic and needed to find a jack or some spades to send him to the rail.
The 7♦2♥8♠ flop was no good for Tsai, and he was drawing dead after the A♦ hit the turn. The 5♥ river was just a formality, and Kaladjurdjevic secured the huge double-up.
Tsai was left with just a few big blinds and was eliminated by John Kincaid on the very next hand.