Heine and Lyons Get Back-To-Back Knockouts

Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

All of the chips got into the middle preflop with a player in the small blind at risk for their tournament life against Keith Heine, who was in the cutoff. It was a classic coin-flip situation.
All-In Player:
Keith Heine:
Heine remained ahead the whole way as a runout of improved him to a full house and earned him the pot that sent his opponent to the rail.
On the very next hand (and the last one before break), Pat Lyons saw himself putting a shorter stack at risk with . The other player had a better ace, but a seven came to bring Lyons up to 56,000 before dinner as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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107,000
107,000
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107,000 |
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56,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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