Ted Doukas, a well-known poker player on the Canadian scene, just busted from the Second Chance Event. We do not know the circumstances in which he had lost his lead, but we know that he dropped from 180K to just under 100K. Since the 27-player redraw, he was very active on table, especially in the last few hands prior to his elimination. He was raising the 2.4K big blind to 5,4K more often than not, and was met with noticeable resistance. He had to fold a lot of those to 3-bets, until he finally found his spot, and placed a 4-bet.
On that hand, after his 5.4K raise, chip leader Chad Coombs, who had a few good results at Playground Poker Club’s 2016 World Cup of Cards, made it 14.8K to go. Doukas thought for a short while, and brought that up to 35.9K. Coombs went to the tank himself, knowing that the next raise would mean all-in. He did just that, got the all-in card, and Doukas instantly called, only to realize how bad a shape he was in.
Ted Doukas: 
Chad Coombs: 
Board: 
The river came down as the overkill, and Doukas made his way out of the room. Coombs, who already had the lead, now crushes the Second Chance field brutally without about 360K, almost twice as much ammo as his closest rival, with 23 left.
There is now 20 minutes left in Day 1. A full Day 2 qualifier list will be published shortly after the completion of today’s Day 1, including player-reported chip counts.