Championship: Tony Cousineau Doubles Through Nick Palma

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 102 of 760

Upeshka De Silva opened with a middle-position raise to 9,000, and Tony Cousineau three-bet shoved for 71,000 in the cutoff. Nick Palma called in the small blind to put Cousineau at risk, and De Silva folded, claiming a pocket pair.

“I bet I’m behind,” Cousineau said.

Cousineau: AcJd
Palma: AhKs

“Yep. Felt like I was behind.”

Cousineau was one card from elimination on the Qd6h2c3c run-out, but the Js on the river saved his tournament life and robbed Palma of the potential knockout.

Tony Cousineau – 159,000 (40 bb)
Nick Palma – 290,000 (73 bb)