A Tale of Two Grants

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Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

Richard Ashby (during Opening Event): busto

We've seen a fair bit of action on the feature table during the last level and we're happy to report that 2007 APPT Sydney Main Event champion Grant Levy is still alive after having doubled up twice to now sit on more than 28,000.

The first double-up came through Full Tilt Red Pro Richard Ashby; Levy raised to 1,700 from the hijack position and Ashby reraised to 5,000 from the cutoff before the small blind player accidentally mucked his hand. Levy called all-in, showing {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {4-Spades} against Ashby's {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} , but managed to hit a full house on the board of {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {8-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {J-Hearts} .

Had the small blind actually called preflop with his {A-} {A-} {9-} {5-} , Levy would have had a lot more, but it didn't matter. Levy managed to get his money in good a short time later with {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {9-Spades} {8-Clubs} against Mark Furness' {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {10-Clubs} which held all the way down the board of {3-Hearts} {8-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} .

Tablemate Grant Trask then delivered the knockout blow to Ashby when his {8-} {5-} {4-} {2-} cracked Ashby's {A-} {A-} {5-} {2-} when Trask hit his straight on the board of {7-} {5-} {3-} {4-} {6-} to move up to more than 70,000.