Stacey Reinstein moved all in for her last 18,700 and got called by Praveen Ponnaganti. It was off to the races for Reinstein’s tournament life with her 77 against Ponnaganti’s AK.
The board ran out Q524A and the ace on the river gave the pot to Ponnaganti while Reinstein exited the tournament area.
Praveen Taragaturi check-raised all in for his last 10,200 after a bet from late position and a check-call from the small blind on a flop of KQ5.
The turn is the 10 and the small blind moves all in for 13,500. The player in the cutoff calls and all three hands are turned on their backs.
Taragaturi shows K8 and is in third place against the small blinds Q10 and the cutoff’s AK. The river is the 8, which gives Taragaturi two pair, the best hand and a triple up to 35,300.