Billirakis Cut in Half
Level 17
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
A battle of the blinds turned out poorly for Steve Billirakis. He started the day with more than 150,000 but has been cut in half after Lance Oliver limped the small blind, then jammed over Billirakis' big-blind raise. Billirakis leaned forward to glance at Oliver's stack, then called the all in with . Oliver showed , which stayed best all the way on a board of .
Oliver is up to about 145,000, while Billirakis has been cut in half to about 75,000.