Matt Downs Defends
Nível 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Table draws are important in tournament poker, so it is less than ideal to find yourself seated at the chip leader's table and potentially facing 10 levels of play.
That is the situation in which players at Table 45 find themselves as Matt Downs is the only player in the tournament with a stack of over 300,000. One of the players at that table is Kitty Kuo. Another is Marc-Andre Ladouceur who just opened an early pot from late position for 2,800 and Downs called from the small blind.
Downs checked in the dark and the flop was 
. Ladouceur bet 3,500 and Downs called.
The turn card 
was checked through, then on the river 
Downs bet 20,000. Ladouceur didn’t look wholly convinced, but nevertheless he let his hand go.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
326,600
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
72,100
-6,300
|
-6,300 |
and Mai opted to check. Rahim reached into his stack and put out a bet of 10,000. Mai quickly check-raised to 20,000. Rahim reraised to 30,000. Mai reraised back to 50,000 and Rahim quickly mucked, giving Mai the win in the battle of the click-backs.
, up against the dominating 
of Grocholsky. 
and Mizzi still needed to hit a king or running cards to improve. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending Mizzi to the rail early on Day 2.
and Cappucci checked. Zeitlin fired out a bet of 3,700 and O'Brien called, Cappucci folded.
and Zeitlin led for 7,500. O'Brien took a minute to assess things and then called.
and Zeitlin checked as did O'Brien. 
and O'Brien tabled 
. O'Brien took down the pot with his pair of aces, while Zeitlin is down to about 10 big blinds and will soon need to find a double-up.
. Portwood led all in for 14,900. Eyster called and Zhang folded.
sending the pot to Eyster with two pair and eliminating Portwood.
. Ogose couldn’t connect and she was eliminated.