David Tai Eliminated in 189th Place by Curt Kohlberg; Jack Schanbacher Doubles Up
Dec 17, 2023
Photo: David Tai
A pair of all ins transpire on adjacent tables, one resulting in an elimination and the other in a double.
On the first hand, Curt Kohlberg opens in the hijack and David Tai defends his big blind. The flop comes 
and both players check.
The turn is the 
and Tai bets, prompting a raise from Kohlberg. Tai comes over the top for around 600,000 and Kohlberg calls.
Tai: 
(two pair, fours and twos with a gutshot straight draw)
Kohlberg: 
(two pair, sixes and fours)
Tai needs to hit a deuce or a trey to stay alive, but the river comes the 
to spell the end of his tournament life.
As the hand finishes, Jack Schanbacher is in the cutoff and faces an open to 85,000 from the lojack. Schanbacher three-bets to 225,000 and the lojack four-bet jams for his effective stack of 1.21 million.
Schanbacher calls with 
and defeats his opponent’s 
on a clean runout to score the double.
Curt Kohlberg – 3,525,000 (88 bb)
Jack Schanbacher – 2,520,000 (63 bb)
David Tai – Eliminated in 18t9h Place ($27,000)
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