Butans Eliminated by Paunescu
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Kaspars Butans shoved for 305,000 from the cutoff and Nicolae Paunescu three-bet shoved for 2,025,000 from the small blind, folding out Felipe Ketzer in the big blind to leave Butans at risk.
Kaspars Butans: A♣10♠ 
Nicolae Paunescu: Q♣Q♦
Butans was in bad shape against Paunescu's pocket queens and found no help on the 2♣4♣4♠6♦8♣ runout, resulting in his elimination while Paunescu claimed the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,025,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
1,475,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Busted |