Two Rivers, Two Doubles and a Knockout
Paul Fehlig had been the shortest stack, once Phil Youngclaus busted. In back-to-back hands he doubled up, then basically doubled again when he knocked out Eric Nagel.
On the first hand, Fehlig made a flush on the river with 
, coming from behind to double against Anthony Keefe.
On the very next hand, Fehlig, who now had chips to work with, opened to 12,000 and Nagel shoved for about 100,000.
Fehlig called with 
and Nagel had 
. The board ran out 
, and again the river gave Fehlig the win and eliminated Nagel.
"That's two of the sickest beats I think I have ever put on anyone," said Fehlig as he stacked his chips. He is not sitting at almost 250,000 and more than 40 big blinds, up from ten.
A few hands later, Keefe was done as well. Keefe was eliminated in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |