A Few Double Ups

  • Big Stax XXIV 300 Main Event 3:30 PM
  • Level 28 (40000/80000/10000)
  • Total Entries: 2267
  • Players Left: 18

Ryan Currier opened from the hijack to 200k. Joseph Gay 3-bet to 1M on the button. The blinds folded and Currier moved all-in for 2.37M total. Gay made the call.

Currier Q♣Q♠ vs Gay K♣K♦ Pot: ~4.9M

Board: 3♠7♠Q♦8♣A♦

Currier spikes his two outs and survives the cooler. Joseph Gay is left with ~800k after the hand, around ten big blinds.

Also, Raj Mahadevappa doubled through Mike Linster with ATo vs 5x5x for an ~1.5M chip pot.

Ramon Herrera also survives on the short stack by getting it in with A5o against Matt Glantz’ 9x9x. The board ran out 2x6x7x8x9x giving Herrera a straight and improving his stack to ~2.1M.

The next break is coming up in just a couple of minutes at which point accurate counts for the 18 remaining players will be available.