Wrapping Up Event No. 12
Jun 06, '10
Kapalas Loses Flip, Out in 4th Place ($59,838)
Very short on chips, Georgios Kapalas got all in with 10
10
and was in a race situation against Terrence Chan’s A
J
.
The first card on the board was bad for Kapalas, and it didn’t get any better. It ran:
J
3
Q
2
5
Chan paired his jack and held on to knock Kapalas out in 4th place.
Chan Out in 3rd ($83,185)
Terrence Chan nearly got all in after a series of back and forth raises heads up against Ahmad Abghari on a flop of A
8
10
.
On the 7
turn Chan got the rest of it in and was called.
Chan showed Q
6
for a flush draw and inside straight draw, while Abghari held A
7
for two pair.
The river K
helped nobody and Chan was eliminated in 3rd place, finalizing the heads up matchup between Matt Matros and Ahmad Abghari.
With that, the heads up duel has begun.
Player Tags: Terrence Chan, Ahmad Abghari, Georgios Kapalas
Burford Out in 9th Place
Jun 06, '10
Players Remaining: 8 out of 625
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Terrence Chan — 839,000
2. Adrian Dresel-velasquez — 375,000
3. Ahmad Abghari — 360,000
4. Jameson Painter — 303,000
5. Georgios Kapalas — 278,000
6. Roberto Truijers — 275,000
7. Matt Matros — 250,000
8. Jason Potter — 130,000
Burford Gone In 9th Place ($14,149)
A short-stacked Mark Burford raised and faced a re-raise from Georgios Kapalas. With nearly half of his remaining stack already in the pot, Burford re-raised his last 3,000 in and saw what appeared to be good news when Kapalas called.
Kapalas held A
4
and was trailing Burford’s A
K
.
The flop made it interesting, coming 2
5
Q
. The 6
turn didn’t help, but the river was disgusting for Murford. The 3
hit, giving Kapalas a straight and eliminating Burford in 9th place.
Player Tags: Mark Burford, Georgios Kapalas