Chartier's Aces Run Into Rony's Kings
Samuel Chartier and Damien Rony got into a raising war, and by the end, Chartier's whole stack of 97,000 was in the middle. He was in good shape to double up with against Rony's , but then, it wouldn't be a poker tournament without some good old fashioned aces cracking. The flop was safe, but the on the turn got a groan from the whole table. The river didn't help, and Chartier beat a hasty path to the door. Rony gave a sheepish smile as he stacked up 230,000.