Spears Busts Decklyer
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Andy Spears' table has just gone from playing five-handed to playing four-handed after the elimination of Dale Decklyer from play.
In Decklyer's final hand, the player in the cutoff opened to 250. The button folded to Spears in the small blind who made it 700 to go. Decklyer took a moment before verbally announcing "raise" and throwing out a single blue T1,000 chip from the big blind. The verbal declaration counted as a four-bet and thus the action was put to 1,250. The original raiser in the cutoff folded and Spears announced a five-bet to 3,200. Decklyer called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned 
on the felt and Spears continued his aggression with a bet of 2,800. Decklyer made it 5,600 to go and Spears came right back over the top for 9,200 total. Decklyer flatted to fourth street.
The 
struck the turn and Spears announced an all in bet. Decklyer called for his tournament life and the two hands were tabled.
Spears: 
Decklyer: 
Decklyer was behind with his pocket kings and needed to spike one of the two remaining cowboys on the river to stay alive. The river instead was the 
and Decklyer was eliminated from play early in the second level. Spears scooped up the large pot and is now sitting on around 55,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
Busted |