Payne and Gain

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Level 27 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Josh Evans raised to 68,000 to start the action, and Todd Wood called from the cutoff seat. On the button, Billie Payne squeezed the last 290,000 of his chips into the middle, enough to fold Evans without incident. Wood made the call, though, and he was drawing live for the knockout.

Showdown
Wood: {Q-Spades} {J-Spades}
Payne: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}

Payne's ace managed to hold strong as the board ran through {10-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {9-Spades} . He's not going anywhere just yet, doubling up to 729,000 and knocking the chip leader down a peg. Wood is still doing just fine, though, sitting pretty with 1.9 million now.