$570 No Limit Hold’em Double Black Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Will Failla moved all in from the small blind, and Nissim Vaknin called all in for 206,000 from the big blind with . Failla turned over , and said, “They have to cooler me to beat me.”
The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Vaknin to win the pot and double up in chips.
Nissim Vaknin – 418,000 (26 bb)
Will Failla – 230,000 (14 bb)
A few minutes later, Failla moved all in from the small blind for 193,000, and Vaknin called form the big blind with . Failla turned over , and this time the cooler was in his favor.
The board came , and Failla won the pot with a pair of queens to double up in chips.
This is how the final three players stacked up after that hand:
Seat 2. Will Failla – 392,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7. Nissim Vaknin – 241,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9. Ido Ashkenazi – 1,055,000 (65 bb)