A Pair of Doubles Through the Chip Leader
Hand #1: In Level 29 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, "IReadYrSoul" open-jammed for 1.63 million effective in the small blind and "miw210x" called it all off in the big blind.
"miw210x":
"IReadYrSoul":
"miw210x" saw one of their opponent's two undercards connect on the flop , but the turn left them with just two outs to fade. Neither hit on the river and "miw210x" scored the double.
Hand #2: A few hands later, another all-in preflop situation arose with "rule22" at risk in the big blind against "IReadYrSoul," who was on the button.
"rule22":
"IReadYrSoul":
"rule22" missed on both the flop and turn to leave them with one shot left at hitting the five outs they had. Fate favored their fortunes as the river came to improve them to queens and eights and keep them alive in the tournament as a result.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
IReadYrSoul |
1,714,690
-1,017,880
|
-1,017,880 |
miw210x |
1,658,216
1,548,158
|
1,548,158 |
rule22 |
1,477,094
460,422
|
460,422 |