Level 30 (Blinds 60,000/120,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 1,226
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 5,254,000 (43 Big Blinds)
Ray Qartomy (Houston, TX)
The attention at the table had shifted from Jean Gaspard and Jose Serratos as the potential next player to go, to Ray Qartomy (Houston, TX), who was all of a sudden the short stack in the room with just over 1,000,000.
Well, the attention is now back on Gaspard, as Qartomy just doubled through him.
On a board of {As}{Kh}{10d} Qartomy moved all-in from the small blind, and was snap called by Gaspard in the big blind.
Gaspard turned over his {Ac}{8d} and although the entire tournament area was on the edge of their seats to see what Qartomy held, he seemed in no hurry and was busy getting a drink from a waitress.
Eventually Qartomy’s attention returned to the poker table and he calmly turned over {Ks}{10s} for two pair.
The turn and river would come {3s} {7s} and miss Gaspard, while giving Qartomy an unnecessary flush.
With just a few minutes until break, Gaspard is now the shortest stacked player in the room, with Qartomy and Serratos, just ahead of him.