Blind vs. Blind, Jim vs. Jim
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
We caught up with the action late, but we joined in time to see the fireworks. In a battle of the blinds, Jim Atwood had shoved the turn of a board. Jim Young put the rest of his chips into the pot with , but his pair was second best. Atwood showed up the superior , and Young was dead to two outs.
The river was the blank , though, and that's the end of the line for Young.
Atwood, on the other hand, is now the big stack in the room with about 725,000 chips.