Keikoan Still Falling
Day 2 has been unkind to Matt Keikoan thus far, and we just watched him drop another chunk of his stack.
Keikoan was the preflop raiser, opening to 3,500. Only the big blind wanted to tangle, and he defended to see a flop. It came , and Keikoan continued out with another 3,600. His opponent check-raised all in for 12,200, though, and Keikoan quickly called with .
"I got a nine," his opponent said, flipping up .
The turn gave Keikoan four outs to the win, but he could not catch up. The river was the blank , and Keikoan is forced to pay off the double. This one knocks him back to about 42,000, and he'll need to stop the bleeding here quickly if he hopes to work his way into the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Keikoan |
42,000
-33,000
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-33,000 |
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