Kroon's Main Event Comes to an End
Mark Kroon drew a lot of attention in this main event for his talkative nature, and for building up his chip stack. He ended Day 1c and 2c as the chip leader, but took a big hit yesterday, and came in as an average stack today. He made the money, but his tournament has just come to an end at the hands of Aditya Agarwal.
An early position player raised it up, and Agarwal called in late position. Kroon tagged along from the big blind, and the three saw a flop of 
. It was checked to Agarwal, who bet out 16,000. Kroon opted for a check raise to 36,000, and that got the other player out of the hand. It was back to Agarwal, and he thought it over for a bit before reraising to 86,000. Kroon moved all in for his last 320,000, and Agarwal made the call.
Agarwal: 
Kroon: 
The players had to wait for the cameras to get set up, and Kroon started joking with Agarwal. "I run good in these situations, just so you know. The ten of hearts always come." The cameras got set up, and the 
hit the turn, giving Agarwal the nut flush draw, and taking one of Kroon's outs away. "Ten of hearts always comes on the river." The whole table got a laugh out of that, and the river brought the 
. Kroon doubled checked that he hadn't found a way to split the pot, and he wished everyone luck, shook everyone's hand, and headed for the payout desk.
After taking down that bounty, Agarwal is now up to over a million, and is one of our bigger stacks as we crack the top 500 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,090,000
729,000
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729,000 |
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Busted | |