A Chip and a Chair for Beckstead

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Stud Hi-Low

Thomas Beckstead was the extreme short stack among the remaining 49 players; in fact, he had just 800 going into the last hand. Nearly all of that — 700 to be exact — was in for the ante, meaning he had a single grey T100 chip behind. It would go in on the hand when he was dealt the . Humberto Brenes had brought it in with a completion with the , and the rest of the field folded.

Brenes: / /
Beckstead: / /

Beckstead was guaranteed to stay alive on fifth street as he had an unbeatable low, but he was looking for a high to scoop. He ended up with a measly ace-king high, but much to his delight it was enough to beat Brenes' queen high.

Beckstead has staved off elimination, at least for a bit.