Angel Hits Turbulence
Just after the previous post, Angel Guillen's stack to a little hit. The button open-shoved for 18,600. Guillen sat frozen in the tank for several minutes while the cameras crowded around his table. Finally, he flat called. With all of the lights on him, the big blind took a few moments on the spotlight before giving up his hand. Time for showdown.
Guillen:
Short stack:
Guillen was quite displeased to see his opponent's hand. the flop made things a little interesting. The turn meant Guillen needed to avoid an ace and hit one of the two remaining kings. But the river was the . After doubling his neighbor, Guillen was left with around 80,000.
Meanwhile, one table behind Guillen's, a short-stack was eliminated. That means we're nine from the money.