Big Stacks Battle
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
With action being picked up on the flop on a K♠4♠3♣ board, Bradley Coultas in the small blind bet out 100,000 before Todd Barlow potted it to 425,000 in early position. Coultas then three-bet all in for Barlow's last 156,000, which he called.
Todd Barlow: A♠J♣8♠6♥2♦ 
Bradley Coultas: A♦A♣8♣3♦2♣
Coultas was ahead with his pair of aces, but Barlow had plenty of outs in the form of a flush or straight. When the board ran out 4♥ on the turn and 7♠ on the river, Barlow did improve to the nut flush, and took the high hand. Both players had ace-deuce for the low, leaving Coultas quartered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
703,000
|
703,000 |
|
420,000
-630,000
|
-630,000 |