Thrilla
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 129
Jimmy Cappucci raises to 35,000 from under the gun and LA Boltryk moves all in from the cutoff for 333,000. Max Brown moves all in out of the big blind for about 550,000 and Cappucci folds.
Brown shows [8c][8d] and is flipping with Boltryk’s [Ac][Kh]. The board runs out [Ah][Ts][7c][5h][9d] and Boltryk wins the pot with a pair of aces, leaving Brown as one of the shorter stacks.
A couple hands later, Brown moves all in from the cutoff for about 180,000 and Boltryk moves all in out of the small blind. The big blind folds and Brown is in great shape with his [Qh][Qd] against Boltryk’s [Ad][Th].
The flop is [Ac][4s][2c] and Boltryk outflops Brown with a pair of aces. The turn is the [5s] and the river is the [Td]. Brown’s queens couldn’t hold up and he hits the rail in fifth place, earning $3,570.
Boltryk takes the chip lead as the final four players take a 10-minute break.
LA Boltryk – 815,000
Max Brown – Eliminated
