Minieri and Martin Run Into Aces Before Break

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Level 8 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Dario Minieri will have to settle with $16,000

Just before the break we had two players run into aces and get eliminated.

First Dario Minieri was eliminated after he three-bet shoved for 9,000 on the button. Chris Klodnicki re-shoved for almost 25,000 from the big blind and Marko Neumann, the initial raiser, got out of the way.

Minieri: {5-Clubs} {4-Hearts}
Klodnicki: {a-Spades} {a-Clubs}

Minieri received a little help from the {10-Spades} {2-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} flop, but the {2-Hearts} on the turn left him with only two outs and he did not improve with the {10-Clubs} on the river.

A few hands later on an adjacent table, Ville Wahlbeck opened to 1,000 before Jesse Martin three-bet jammed for 10,900. Action folded to Darren Elias in the big blind who tank-called and Wahlbeck showed {2-} {2-} before folding.

Martin: {a-Spades} {k-Spades}
Elias: {a-Hearts} {a-Clubs}

Again, the flop was kind to the underdog: {k-Clubs} {9-Spades} {7-Clubs} . However, like Minieri, Martin couldn't improve further when the turn ( {3-Diamonds} ) and river ( {4-Hearts} ) were both blanks.