Polk Turns Straight on Tilston
Level 10
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Keith Tilston opened to 26,000 holding 
and Doug Polk called in the big blind holding 
.
The flop fell 
and Polk checked to Tilston who continued for 40,000. Polk called and, when the turn landed the 
, he checked again.
Tilston pushed out a bet of 100,000 and Polk responded by moving all in for 1,462,000 as Tilston entered the think tank.
After roughly two minutes, Tilston folded his his pair and straight draw and slipped to 231,000 while Polk climbed to 1.7 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,714,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
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|
231,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
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. Yuan Li was trying to decide whether to call off his remaining 210,000 from early position. After a few minutes of thought, he decided on a fold.
flop thrust Polk into the lead and, when the 
arrived on the turn, Tilston would need to spike one of the final two nines in the deck to stay alive.
on the river to see Tilston strike gold with his two-outer to stay alive in this tournament with over 440,000 in chips as Polk dropped to 1.5 million.
flop was already on the felt when we arrived, and a 
.
and Fast check-called 180,000. The turn was a 
and both players checked. The river: 
. Fast bet 500,000. Mateos tanked a few minutes and then announced he was all in. Fast took his own turn in the tank, and Mateos called a clock after a couple of minutes. The tournament supervisor came over.