Keating Tank-Calls for Tournament Life
On a completed board of 
with roughly 1,500,000 in the pot, Robert Minor had moved all in from the cutoff and Alex Keating had a huge decision in the hijack for his stack of approximately 1,600,000 and his tournament life.
"Why did you check so quick on the turn?" asked Keating, although he received no response.
Keating continued to talk quietly to himself and sometimes to his opponent while trying to make sense of the situation, as the television cameras awaited his decision.
"What's your name again?" Keating again tried to get his opponent to talk, but continued to receive no reaction. After some time, the clock was called. "Not a problem," Keating conceded that he was taking a long time to decide.
Keating put his hands on his pained face, and ultimately, put in the chips as he jumped up out of his chair and looked the other way, unable to lay his eyes on the result.
Minor tabled 
for a full house, and Keating turned back around to see the bad news. "Nice hand," he said as he graciously shook his opponents' hands as his own hand was revealed to be 
. Keating turned away from the cameras and stayed standing in disbelief before making his way to the payout desk as his deep Main Event run came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,900,000
3,200,000
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3,200,000 |
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Busted | |
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