Drumming Up a Double
Over on the featured table, we heard Michael Drummond shove all in for 253,000, and big stack Dermot Blain tanked and made the call with a chance at the knockout. He was ahead, but Drummond was drawing live for the double.
Showdown
Drummond: 
Blain: 
When the dealer turned the flop up, the was visible in the door, but it came as part of a Drummond-pleasing 
flop. The turn 
improved him to the straight, and he only needed to dodge the three remaining tens to stay alive. The river was the 
, though, and Blain is forced to part with a chunk of his stack. It's tough to count over there, but he should still be over 1 million -- likely closer to 1.1 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
540,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
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