Keep Pope Alive
Yet another double-up from a short stack to report. Seems more often than not since we've gone nine-handed we've seen the little guys making what they need to stay alive.
In this case, Trevor Pope was the short one, up against Stephane Tayar. They'd built a pot already by the time the 
came. Then Tayar bet, and Pope called with the last of his stack. Pope had 
and Tayar 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Pope's aces held. Pope's cheering section -- including Annette Obrestad -- gave a gleeful roar of excitement following their man's triumph.
Pope's up to 556,000 while Tayar is way down under 100,000 now.