Cornel Cimpan Triples; Steven McKoy Out 19th ($22,100)

Apr 21, 2015

Steven McKoy raises UTG+1 to 110,000, and WPT Champions Club member Cornel Cimpan moves all in from the cutoff for 330,000. Vladimir Dobrovolskiy moves all in over the top from the button, and McKoy calls all in for about 1.1 million.

Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Vladimir Dobrovolskiy:  10spade10club
Steven McKoy:  AclubKheart
Cornel Cimpan:  JheartJdiamond

The board comes Qdiamond8diamond2club5club6spade, and the pocket jacks hold up for Cimpan to win the main pot and triple up in chips. Dobrovolskiy wins the side pot to eliminate McKoy from the tournament.

Cornel Cimpan  –  1,100,000  (22 bb)
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy  –  2,650,000  (53 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($22,100)

The remaining 18 players are now bagging their chips up for Day 4. Stay tuned for official chip counts.

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