Krost Triples but is Still Short
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Tyron Krost, who won the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event as well as last year's tournament of champions, dwindled to just 9,500 when he got it all in from the cutoff after Jan Collado had opened for 6,500 from the hijack. The button and small blind both folded, and then the player in the big blind moved all in over the top for 57,500. Collado folded and the cards were turned up.
Krost: 
Big Blind: 
It was a race headed to the flop, which fell the {5s
. Krost was good and still looking to avoid either a king or queen. The turn was paint, but fortunately for Krost it was the 
. He filled up and had his opponent drawing dead headed to the 
river. Despite tripling, Krost is still short stacked with right around 32,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
22,500
|
22,500 |