Costa Quartered

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Peter Charalambous raised to 20,000 before the flop, and Marcelo Costa called in position to go heads-up.

The two men checked all the way to the river on a {10-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} board. On the end, Charalmbous bet 40,000 -- exactly half of Costa's remaining chips. The call eventually came, and the news was not good for Costa.

Showdown
Charalambous: {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}
Costa: {A-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {5-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}

Charalmbous made the nut low to take that half of the pot, and Costa can only earn one-quarter as he and his opponent both shared the same {A-} {3-} top hand. With his quartering, Costa has fallen back to 73,000 chips.