Engelberth Varela Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,420)
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Down to just 75,000, Engelberth Varela moved in on the button. Action passed to the table big stack, Pablo Gonzales, in the big blind. He squeezed out his cards and decided to try to take out Varela.
Showdown
Varela:
Gonzales:
It looked like the hand was headed for a chop until the flop came all spades, , to give Gonzales the nut flush draw. He didn't fill that draw with the turn, but the river was the spade, , that ended Varela's day.
The tournament is now on a pause for the two-table re-draw.