Cooler Goes in Grote's Favor
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
After some raising back and forth in the blinds, Horace Ford and Christopher Grote got all the chips into the middle in a pot worth around 400,000, with Ford the player at risk.
Horace Ford: A♣K♠
Christopher Grote: K♦K♥
It was a cooler, and Ford needed to spike one of the three remaining aces in the deck to keep his chances of making Day 3 alive.
The dealer put out the 2♠10♣5♦5♥K♣ runout to give Grote a set, ending Ford's deep run in the tournament.