Meli On the March, Wins Crucial Flip
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Luke Hanson in middle position and defending champion Vincent Meli in the cutoff piled their chips into the middle preflop, which left the latter at risk for his stack of 440,000.
Vincent Meli: Q♠Q♣ 
Luke Hanson: A♦K♦
Meli knows all too well that you need to win flips to run deep in tournaments, and he has quite a knack for doing it at Dusk Till Dawn as the runout of 3♦7♥2♥10♣8♣ kept his pocket queens in the lead, which secured him a big double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
750,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
700,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
400,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
375,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
300,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
260,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
130,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |