Shorr Sent Packing
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Action folded around to Shannon Shorr in the cutoff, and he made it 2,800 to go. It folded around to Veronica Dabul in the big blind, who moved all in. Shorr called off the rest of his 19,300, and he saw that he would have to win a race to stay alive.
Shorr: 
Dabul: 
Even thought it started off as a race, Shorr was drawing dead to a chop when the flop came out 
. The turn brought the 
, and Shorr's day was over. The meaningless river was the 
, and Shorr hit the rail just before our first break.
of Daniel Stern and the 
of Urs Kohler on a 
board.
, but the river came the 
, giving Cody two pair, but Smith an unbeatable straight. Smith doubled up to 70,000, while Cody dipped below the average stack in the room.
and Frey hit the rail. Nguyen stacked up 95,000 chips after that pot.
was in miserable shape. The turn and river 
. Stein had led out for 3,600, and Kurganov raised to 9,200. Stein thought for about a minute before he slid the rest of his stack into the middle, about 32,500 total. Kurganov made the call, and Stein saw that he was ahead.
hit the river. Despite pairing his king, Kurganov was second best to Stein's trips, and Stein took the double up to boost his stack up to 71,000.