Championship Day 1A: Anthony Zinno Doubles Up; Mike Shin Knocks Out a Player

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  427

Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno

Anthony Zinno was all in UTG+1 for 55,200 with AsAh, and he needed his aces to hold to stay alive against the UTG player’s JsJh.

The board came 8h5h3d7h10h, and the pocket aces hold up for Zinno to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anthony Zinno  –  126,400  (211 bb)

Mike Shin raised from the hijack to 2,000, the player in the cutoff called, and the small blind moved all in for 20,700. Shin tanked for a while before he called, and the cutoff folded.

The small blind turned over 6h6d, but he was dominated and facing elimination against Shin’s 8h8c.

The board came 4h3c2dJd7c — the small blind flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Shin won the pot with his pocket eights to eliminate the small blind.

Mike Shin  –  47,000  (78 bb)