Octo-Niner Doubles Up
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We were walking through the orange section of the Amazon when we saw cameras swarming around the table that last year's ninth place finisher Steve Gee was at. We heard him shout and walk away from the table, and we thought that we were walking up to his bustout hand. In fact, Gee had just hit a two outer to survive. We saw that Gee had gotten it all in preflop holding 
, and he was in rough shape against the 
of his opponent. However, Gee caught an unlikely queen on the flop of 
. The board completed 
and 
, and another player at the table was bemoaning his luck, saying that he had folded 
preflop.
His loss was Gee's gain as he secured the full double up to 340,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
186,000
|
186,000 |