Sykes Cut in Half
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Level 28
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Jesus Cabrera folded his button, and Matthew Waxman opened to 105,000 from the small. Mark Sykes made the call from the big, and off they went to the flop.
It came 
, and Waxman continued out with 85,000 chips. Sykes flatted, and he faced another 145,000-chip bet on the 
turn. There was no flatting this time; Sykes stuck in a raise to 410,000, only to see Waxman move all in over the top. The look on Sykes face said it all; he was forced to fold, leaving himself about 650,000 chips with which to mount a comeback.
Waxman does not stop climbing; he's all the way up to 4.3 million now with well over half the chips in play.