Feature Table: Farber Doubles
Hand #101: JC Tran raised to 425,000 from second position, Fabian Ortiz called in the cutoff, and the two took a flop of . Both players checked. The turn brought the , Tran checked again, and Ortiz fired out 400,000. Tran folded.
Hand #102: Jay Farber limped in from the small blind, Mark Newhouse raised to 550,000, and Farber folded.
Hand #103: Ortiz raised to 400,000 from second position, Farber called on the button, Newhouse called in the small blind, and the flop fell . Newhouse checked, Ortiz continued for 600,000, and Farber moved all in for 3.695 million. Newhouse quickly folded, and Ortiz tank-called.
Farber:
Ortiz:
Both players held clubs, but Farber's was higher. Ortiz held a pair though with his pocket nines, and remaining ahead when the paired the board on the turn. Farber needed an ace, four, or club to survive, and successfully doubled when the spiked on the river. His rail exploded at the sight of the card, and the Las Vegas local now sits with nine million chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Newhouse |
21,540,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Sylvain Loosli |
16,870,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
||
JC Tran |
11,875,000
-715,000
|
-715,000 |
|
||
Jay Farber |
9,000,000
4,415,000
|
4,415,000 |
Fabian Ortiz |
8,305,000
-3,250,000
|
-3,250,000 |
Michiel Brummelhuis |
7,735,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Anton Morgenstern |
5,815,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |