Big Hands Before Break
Level 23
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Just before break two major hands went down at adjacent tables.
In the first hand Robert Cheung won a three-way all in with . A short-stacked opponent held and a player with had everyone covered.
The queens held when the board ran , doubling Cheung to 460,000 chips and eliminating the short-stacked player.
On an adjacent table Andrew Watson had an opponent all in and at risk on a flop. Watson was well ahead with and his opponent needed help with .
Amazingly, the spiked on the turn. There was still one more card to come though, and the gave Watson a better full house and eliminated his opponent from the tournament.
Watson added to his massive stack and now has 1.2 million chips.