Thrilla
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 129
Kevin Martin raises to 14,000 from under the gun and Chris Alsindor moves all in for 116,500. Action folds back to Martin, who thinks for a little bit before calling.
It’s a race situation with Alsindor’s [Th][8h] up against Martin’s [7d][7s].
Martin continues to run hot and gets a clean runout as the board comes [Ah][9c][4d][4c][5c]. Martin’s sevens holds up to win the race and eliminate Alsindor in 11th place. Alsindor earns $1,310 for his finish and with one more elimination, the final nine players will redraw for seats at the final table.
Kevin Martin – 480,000
Chris Alsindor – Eliminated
