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Main Event: Astarita’s Aces Double through Fawcett’s Jacks

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$1,100 Main Event No Limit Hold’em
Level 30: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/538

Start-of-day leader Anthony Astarita opened the action from under the gun and Justin Fawcett defended from the big blind.

The flop fell Td8c7h and Fawcett checked. Astarita bet 425,000 and Fawcett, who was the chip leader, moved all in. Astarita went into the tank for a minute or so before he called.

Astarita: AsAh
Fawcett: JsJh

Astarita’s overpair of aces was best. The turn and river completed the board with the Qd and 6s. Astarita’s all-in call was counted down to 2,140,000

Anthony Astarita – 4,780,000
Justin Fawcett – 1,725,000