Timothy Adams Gets Eliminated...Twice

I doubt there have been so many ups and downs in so few hands for Timothy Adams or indeed any other poker player. First, Adams was all in holding against Anton Wigg's , or at least that was what the red triangle on the table indicated.

After the board came , Adams stood and said his regards to the table before heading towards the tournament staff around a table. It was only after Wigg and the dealer took a more thorough look at counting their chips, that it was discovered that Adams actually covered Wigg, albeit by just 13,000. Adams was waved back over to the table, and took his place for the next hand.

As is to be expected of someone holding 1.5 big blinds, Adams shoved the next hand and got four callers, including Wigg. The board of was checked through and Adams sheepishly turned over - and was good! That took is ailing stack up to around 55,000.

The very next hand Adams moved all-in from under the gun, but this got through. To his credit, he did show the . However the dream comeback evaporated the very next hand. Bernardo Dias opened from the cut-off and Adams shoved his remaining 60,000 or so chips from the big blind. "I have to call," said Dias tabling .

Adams was behind holding , but there were a few chuckles around the table as the board came . However they were eclipsed by groans, as the came on the turn, and the meant that Adams headed to the exit for the second time in four hands.