Event 1 (Flight 1E): Palace Is Now Building Towers

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 1 ($175 No Limit Hold'em $125,000 GTD)

Level 12 (Blinds 800/1,600/200)

Total Flight 1E Entries: 132

John Palace (Jupiter, FL)

Only a few minutes after Rami Ezra won that massive pot against Francis Margaglione, the table broke, and Ezra was off to join some new tablemates.  Ezra stormed into his new table, playing nearly every hand, and pushing around a lot of chips.  He got involved in a hand where he check-shoved a four-way field after John Palace bet in position (on a K♦ J♥ 3♣ board).  Palace made the call with Q♥ Q♠, and would double up after besting Ezra's 2♠ 2♣, with the turn and river running out clean for John.

Palace then opened from early position to 3,200 (about four hands later), and after one player made the call, Ezra three-bet shoved for over 200,000.  Palace now had a very playable stack of 111,000, but took no time in announcing the call.  After the third player in the hand folded, both players hands were tabled:

Palace: A♦ A♠

Ezra: 10♠ 10♣

Runout: J♠ J♣ 3♥ 8♦ 9♦

Palace's pocket aces would hold, and in the matter of just (10) minutes, Palace would go from an average stack...to the chip leader with 230,000.