Dropping a Deuce
Abel Cabrera found all of his chips in the middle on third street in this round of stud up against Steve Topakas.
Cabrera: (
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(X)Topakas: (
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(X)Cabrera was able to pull ahead on fifth street when he nailed two pair, but his hopes were dashed for the moment on sixth when Topakas made a better two pair. With only one card to come face down, the dealer needed to hit Cabrera hard for him to stay in the tournament.
Topakas immediately turned up his
on the river for no improvement. Cabrera squeezed and squeezed hard to push out the 
to make a full house with a big sigh of relief. He was able to double back to 40,000, with Topakas dropping to 60,000.