Sweeney Sent Off
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
![Ara Melikian](https://s.pnimg.net/32da7JkDP8U-E1R1Karzr-z6o51rbAg02d2CGxStkEA/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/Nzk2LzI2L3g3ZDk1/NDBiMDc1LmpwZw.webp)
Ara Melikian opened to 13,500 from early position, and the table folded all the way around to the blinds. In the big, Joe Sweeney put his last ~35,000 chips into the middle, and Melikian quickly called with
. "How bad is it," he asked Sweeney. The two men have become friendly, and Sweeney tabled his inferior
. "Oooh, I got your hearts, too," Melikian astutely noted.
The
flop brought those hearts into play, but it was Sweeney with the leading pair of tens now. The turn
was a blank, but the river
gave Melikian the pot and the knockout with top pair.
Sweeney is out with 38 players left.