Edward Arnold Out in 18th; Kevin MacPhee Triples Up

In the last hand of the previous level, Maduka Meragal limps UTG+1 for 20,000, and Ratharam Sivagnanam raises from middle position to 65,000. Kevin MacPhee (pictured below) calls from the hijack, Edward Arnold (pictured above) calls from the small blind, and Meragal calls as well.

The flop comes J86, and Arnold moves all in for 348,000. Meragal folds, and Sivagnanam moves all in over the top for more than 2 million. MacPhee snap-calls all in for 480,000.

Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Ratharam Sivagnanam:  66
Kevin MacPhee:  88
Edward Arnold:  77

Macphee leads with a set of eights over Sivagnanam’s set of sixes, and he needs it to hold to stay alive. Arnold needs something runner-runner to stay alive.

The turn card is the 7, giving all three players a set, and Arnold a single out to stay alive.

The river card is the [2d[, and MacPhee wins the pot with his set of eights to double thru Sivagnanam and eliminate Arnold from the tournament.

Kevin MacPhee  –  1,615,000  (67 bb)
Ratharam Sivagnanam  –  1,920,000  (80 bb)
Edward Arnold  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  (CAD $22,960)