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Casey Kastle
Casey Kastle's great orbit was Adrien Allain's nightmare orbit. On back-to-back hands Kastle, a player who has enjoyed consistent success in APT events, doubled up at Allain's expense. First Kastle was all in before the flop with , two pips better than Allain's . Neither player's hand was improved by any of the board cards, so Kastle doubled to 82,000.
The very next hand, Kastle opened from the button for 15,000. Allain was in th big blind and called to a flop of . Allain checked to Kastle, who moved all in for 67,000. It looked like a good spot for Allain to call with , but it turned out that Kastle had him crushed with . That left Allain looking for a jack that he didn't find on the turn or river.
Kastle once again has a playable stack of 170,000 and can be considered a threat to make the final table now. Allain is down to 184,000.