Revenge of the Short Stacks!
Razz
Our overnight short stack, Frank Debus doubled in a hand of Razz against Asher Derei.
Debus raised and Derei reraised to put Debus all in on third street. The board ran out:
Debus: () ()
Derei: () (X)
Debus made a seven-low which Derei couldn't match to double up to 50,000.
Stud
Meanwhile a raising war on fourth street between Matt Hawrilenko and Ylon Schwartz, saw Hawrilenko all in by fifth street. Before the river was dealt, their boards were:
Schwartz: ()
Hawrilenko: ()
"Am I live?" said Hawrilenko as Schwartz flipped his river to reveal the .
He then squeezed his own river, needing some help to stay alive and found the for two pair, aces over threes. He doubles to 140,000 as a visibly disturbed Schwartz slips to 110,000.