Event 9: Ups & Downs for Will Failla

$570 No Limit Hold’em Double Black Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Will Failla
Will Failla

Will Failla moved all in from the small blind, and Nissim Vaknin called all in for 206,000 from the big blind with QhQd. Failla turned over 9h9d, and said, “They have to cooler me to beat me.”

The board came AsKc6c3c8d, 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 KcJh. Failla turned over KdQs, and this time the cooler was in his favor.

The board came Qd8s7c2d9c, 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)