Kirk Doubles Up Winter, Becomes First Casualty
Level 2
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Just a few hands after Matt Kirk took his seat two positions to the left of Sean Winter, the two players played a massive pot. On a flop of 
, the two players got all of their chips in the middle with Winter holding 
. Kirk also flopped a set but was left drawing to just one out.
The turn and the river changed nothing and Winter doubled up to over 2.1 million, leaving Kirk with under 200,000. Not long after, Kirk flopped two pair but ran into the set of Carlos Chadha and became the first player eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
Busted |