Katz Eliminates Ball to Advance to Second Round
Cary Katz says he feels very fortunate to be in the tournament after securing a win over Scott Ball.
Katz told PokerNews he previously lost flush over flush and flush over straight earlier in the action but still managed to have the full stack of 300,000 chips at the end of the round.
Katz jammed 
preflop and Ball called off his final 80,000 chips with 
.
The flop came 
. Katz had Ball eliminated on the turn after the 
gave him the straight.
The 
completed the board and the two exchanged pleasantries, congratulating one another on a match well played.