Event 1 Flight A: Tony March Eliminated in Final Level

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 14 of 96

Tony March (left) and Billy Sanford
Tony March (left) and Billy Sanford

There was three-way action QdTs8d. The first player checked and Tony March bet 11,000. Billy Sanford, who was on March’s direct left, slid forward a raise to 70,000. The first player in the hand folded sending it to March. He took some time to think.

“Go big or go home,” he said calling off the remainder of his stack.

Sanford: AdKd for flush and straight draws
March: AhJc for a straight draw

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The turn was the Th. The river 9d improved March to his straight, but gave Sanford his ace-high flush. March was eliminated while Sanford raked a nice pot late in Flight A.

Complete chip counts for the Flight A advancers will be posted shortly after play wraps.