"They were both drawing dead," said Tom McCormick after recently eliminating two players in the same hand, seeing him stack up to 32,500.
McCormick is having a great series, cashing three times with deep runs in the Collussus and Millionaire Maker before a 17th-place finish in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
McCormick has cashed 61 times during his WSOP career and will be looking to add another one here in the Super Seniors event.
As we approached the table, Archie Chateauneuf had called an all-in shove from his heads-up opponent on a flop.
Chateauneuf:
Opponent:
Chateauneuf was the player at risk and was ahead going into the turn. Unfortunately, the turn was a , leaving the Canadian with only two outs to save him.
Wearing a classic Edmonton Oilers hat and holding the number of the greatest player to ever play the game of hockey, Wayne Gretzky's 99, Chateauneuf spiked the on the river to stay alive and score the double-up.
Cheryl Cummings opened to 800 and received two callers. The flop came and Cummings check-called a bet of 1,000. The fell on the turn and Cummings led with a bet of 2,000. Her opponent jammed over top for 5,325 total and Cummings folded.