Brandt Cracks Aces to Stay Alive
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Katherine Brandt raised all in for 145,000 in early position, and was called by Brian Hastings in middle position, before Sungmin Cho three-bet to 400,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Hastings who got out of the way to leave the players heads up.
Katherine Brandt: 8♠7♠ 
Sungmin Cho: A♥A♣
Brandt would need lots of help to stay in the tournament, but when the board ran out K♥8♦7♦6♣8♣ she improved to a full house, eights full of sixes to more than triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,800,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
3,350,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
||
|
685,000
485,000
|
485,000 |