Nicholas Marchington chronicled his journey from 60,000, 20 minutes ago, to where he currently sits at 4,250,000.
Marchington texted a friend to inform that he had busted out, after losing an all in with suited against offsuit. After things sorted out, he discovered he still had 60,000, good for one small blind at Level 30.
He got up to 420,000 on a hand where his held up against multiple opponents, then doubled that total on a versus hand, with the board running out .
He then tripled up with against two opponents with and , rivering a club flush. There must have been some other hands in there as well, but Marchington had to cut the chronicle to PokerNews short as he got a hand to play.
Gustavo Hess opened for 280,000 from early position and action folded to Maro Townsend who three-bet jammed for 2,190,000 on the button. Action folded back to Hess who took a couple of minutes to think it over before he made the call.
Gustavo Hess:
Marco Townsend:
Hess's hand improved after the flop but Townsend also picked up a gutterball.
The turn changed nothing with the and Townsend needed a nine to stay alive.
The river wasn't the card Townsend want to see as it fell the and he was eliminated from the tournament.
The details leading up to the river are unclear, but Ahmed Taleb led the whole way through this runout, chipping up to 4,200,000 and ending the day for Paul Huff.