Winning a hand with pocket aces is more easily said than done, most poker players will tell you. This adage was reinforced when we saw pocket rockets go down in flames here in level 10 of the Crazy $80.
When we arrived at the table, with the blinds at 1K/2K, Sheridan Duclair had 3-bet an early position raise to 6K. His raise picked up a cold call from Nicolas Bastien in the big blind and a call from the initial raiser. The action was checked to Duclair on a flop. He quickly moved all in. He was called by the big blind and hands were tabled. Duclair tabled and Bastien showed . The appeared on the turn and Duclair was drawing dead to a chop. The on the river changed nothing and Duclair hit the rail.
The action continues with 52 players remaining as we approach the end of level 10.