Weinman Planks, Hits an Ace, and Doubles
The action folded to Daniel Weinman, who moved all in for 865,000 out of the small blind. Kasra Khodayarkhani immediately called in the big blind, turning over . Weinman showed .
"I'm going to plank!" Weinman said, running down the steps of the stage.
Earlier, Joseph Hebert suggested that Weinman should plank the next time he was all in, and true enough, the Atlantean laid face first on a table off of the stage.
Meanwhile, at the final table, the dealer rapped the table, burned a card, then dealt three community cards face down. Right in the window of the flop was the , followed by the and the . When the tournament director announced that there was an ace on the flop, Weinman didn't look up, rather he just gave a thumbs up from the plank position.
Khodayarkhani needed the only remaining king in the deck to record the knockout, but the turn and river bricked , respectfully. Weinman gleefully returned to the stage, where he pulled in the 1.7 million-chip pot. Khodayarkhani was knocked down to around 1.64 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Weinman |
1,730,000
830,000
|
830,000 |
|
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Kasra Khodayarkhani |
1,640,000
-660,000
|
-660,000 |