Big Cooler, Small Pot
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Level 17
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
First into the pot from the cutoff, Alejandro Garcia made it 13,000 to go, and Dwyte Pilgrim defended his big blind with a call.
Heads up, the flop brought 
, and Pilgrim check-called a bet of 11,000. It was most of Garcia's remaining stack, and the last few chips went into the pot after the 
turn. The hands turned over surprised everyone. It was Pilgrim with the 
, but his set was second-best to Garcia's 
.
A blank on the river doubles Garcia up to about 55,000. Pilgrim must be relieved to have gotten involved with a short stack in that hand; the cooler only takes about a quarter of his stack, leaving him with 105,000 now.