Procop Spikes the River to Avoid Elimination
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Egor Procop limped in from the small blind and Adrian Mateos made it 300,000 from the big blind. Procop then shoved for a little over 2,000,000, and Mateos called.
Egor Procop: K?5? 
Adrian Mateos: A?8?
Procop needed to find some help from the dealer and did pair his five on the 8?5?10? flop, but Mateos also paired his eight. The 2? turn changed nothing, but Procop's survival instincts kicked in and he willed in the K? river, which gave him two pair and kept his tournament life alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,200,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
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3,500,000
-1,700,000
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-1,700,000 |
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