Fred Roll Eliminated by Blair Hinkle
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Most players in a tournament who lose half a million chips in a couple levels are eliminated from the tournament. However, Blair Hinkle had built up such a huge stack that he's lost about 500,000 over the past two levels and is still the chip leader with 685,000 after busting Fred Roll.
Roll was the Day 1A chip leader, but couldn't find his footing today and shoved 66,000 from the small blind with 
. Hinkle was in the big blind and called with 
.
The board ran out 
and Hinkle won the hand to eliminate Roll.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
685,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |