Giardina Doubles; Dixon Busts
Al Hart raised to 4,000 under the gun and saw Michael Giardina re-jam on the button. Action folded back to Hart.
"Can I get a count, please?" asked Hart.
"Of course you can!" replied the dealer, cutting out Giardina's stack and announcing it to be 35,500. Hart immediately called, dropping a stack of chips onto the felt as he did so.
Michael Giardina: ![]()
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Al Hart: ![]()
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Both players found plenty to sweat on the flop ![]()
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, with Hart flopping top pair and Giardina flopping a flush draw. Giardina paired his queen on
, also giving Hart the nut flush draw alongside it. The river then fell
, giving Giardina trips and scoring him the double.
Moments earlier, Rich Dixon was eliminated from the tournament after jamming with ![]()
over a limp from Steve Wilkie, who called with ![]()
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Wilkie once again hit a set on the flop ![]()
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but Dixon was still plenty alive with the nut flush draw. He then picked up a backdoor gutshot to Broadway on the turn
, but a blank river left him high and dry and he fell to Wilkie as a result.