Championship: Bad Beat Leads to Matt Waxman’s Demise

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39

Matt Waxman

Martin Kozlov raised to 32,000 under the gun and Matt Waxman just called from middle position. The player on the button then three-bet to 90,000, and after the blinds folded, Kozlov moved all in for 428,000.

Waxman took his time before moving all in for 448,000, and that chased the three-bettor from the hand.

Waxman: AcAd
Kozlov: 10c10s

Waxman was primed to score the knockout after the 7c5h7d flop, but then disaster struck when the dealer burned and turned the 10d to give Kozlov a boat.

The 2h river was no help to Waxman and he saw all but 20,000 of his chips pushed across the table. Waxman would go broke the very next hand.

Martin Kozlov – 950,000 (59 bb)
Matt Waxman – Eliminated in 40th Place ($16,950)