Jewell Makes Surprising Exit
Level 12
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
We noticed that the seat of four-time ring winner Kurt Jewell was occupied by another player, which led us to believe he had been eliminated. Given that he started with a healthy 91,400, we went to the table to confirm and Will "Monkey" Souther informed us of Jewell's untimely demise.
According to Souther, Jewell opened the button with and the player in the small blind, who had been very active, three-bet with . Jewell put in a four-bet, the small blind shoved and Jewell snap-called off for around 58K. Despite flopping an open-ended straight draw, Jewell was unable to crack the pocket rockets and was eliminated from the Main Event.