Watkins Gets There

The 9-9-8, two-club flop drew bets from three players, including Bruce Watkins, Roger Campbell and a third, short-stacked player.

Turn is an Ace and the short-stack puts his last 3,550 chips out. Watkins (above) calls and Campbell steps aside.

Up go Pocket_Eights for the short-stack, a flopped boat.

Up go Pocket_Aces for Watkins, a turned Bigger Boat.

Watkins, who came back from dead to catch a 2-outer, now needs to dodge a 1-outer ...

There's a whole bunch of spades on that river card, but there's one too many (9 instead of 8) and Watkins earns the elimination and moves to 82,000

Level -7
Antes - 50
Blinds - 250/500
Entries - 156

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates