An Unfortunate Turn
On a flop of , Brandon Cantu was heads up in a raised pot with Mary Jones. Cantu checked, and Jones put out 70,000 chips. Without too much hesitation, Cantu moved all in with a covering stack. Jones called for her tournament life, pushing all ~310,000 chips into the pot.
Showdown
Cantu:
Jones:
Cantu had flopped it rich, leaving Jones with one foot out the door. Lightning struck the turn though, as another ripped off the deck, improving Jones to the higher two pair. The river was a blank, and a very frustrated Brandon Cantu started counting out the double-up chips.
Cantu has been atop the pack for most of the day without a slip-up. All that hard work is washed away with the turn of a card though, and Cantu is all the way back to 160,000.
Jones, meanwhile, is now the one chasing the top spot. She's been given a big boost up to 645,000.