Event 10: Lunique Petiote Doubles Thru Antti Halme; Halme Eliminated in 12th Place by Darryl Wettlaufer

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 217

Lunique Petiote
Lunique Petiote

After a flop of 10d8h4d, Antti Halme checked the big blind, Lunique Petiote bet 20,000 from the cutoff, and Halme called.

The turn card was the Ad, and both players checked.

The river card was the Qd, putting four diamonds on the board, and Halme bet 75,000. Petiote tanked for a very long time, at one point saying, “This is so sick.”

Eventually, Petiote called, and Halme said, “Nice call,” as he mucked his cards to forfeit the pot. Petiote showed AhAc for a set of aces as he pulled in the pot.

Lunique Petiote  –  335,000  (56 bb)
Antti Halme  –  98,000  (16 bb)

Darryl Wettlaufer
Darryl Wettlaufer

A short while later, Darryl Wettlaufer raised under the gun to 16,000, and Halme called from the big blind.

The flop came Jh10c7c, Halme checked, Wettlaufer bet 23,000, and Halme check-raised all in for about 85,000.

Wettlaufer called with AhAc for an overpair, and Halme turned over KdQd for an open-ended straight draw. Halme needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the 2c, the river card was the 4d, and the aces held up for Wettlaufer to win the pot and eliminate Halme in 12th place.

Darryl Wettlaufer  –  345,000  (58 bb)
Antti Halme  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($1,320)

After the hand, Lunique Petiote pointed out that Wettlaufer had the same two aces (ace of hearts and ace of clubs) that Petiote had against Halme. Coincidentally, Blake Whittington also had the exact same two aces when he doubled up a short while earlier at the other table.

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 296,000 (49 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed to earn at least $1,320 each.