Buckley Has Rantamaki on the Ropes
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Joni Rantamaki limped from the small blind and Mark Buckley raised to 600,000 out of the big blind. Rantamaki called to see a flop.
Buckley checked the 6?6?3? flop and Rantamaki bet 900,000. Buckley check-raised all in for 5,950,000 and Rantamaki called.
Mark Buckley: A?K? 
Joni Rantamaki: 7?5?
Much to Buckley's surprise, he was ahead with Big Slick, but he had to fade almost half the deck to take a commanding chip lead heads-up. Rantamaki on the other hand could win the tournament if he could hit any of his many outs.
The rest of the board ran out Q?3? and Buckley's ace-king high had catapulted him into a commanding chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,350,000
6,850,000
|
6,850,000 |
|
900,000
-6,850,000
|
-6,850,000 |
|
||