BATB Event #14 ($1,500 NLH Championship): Hardwood Falls To Cham, Left With Just Two Big Blinds

2018 Battles At The Beach
Event #14 | $1,500 NLH Championship ($500,000 GTD)
Level 22 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000) | Structure
Total Entries: 433
Players Remaining: 18

Loni Harwood would open the action at Table 1 to 45,000, with action folding to Ginold Cham, who three-bet to 150,000.  After players folded back around to Loni, she waited a few seconds, before announcing that she was all-in.  The two stacks were very similar, so after Cham made the call, it was going to likely be the tournament for one of the two players:

Cham: A♣ K♥
Harwood: J♥ J♣

Runout: 10♣ 4♦ 5♦ Q♣ A♥

Loni was able to fade both the flop and turn (with Cham gaining equity on the turn), but could not get past the river, and Ginold spiked an ace to win.

Ginold Cham - 840,000 (42bb)
Loni Harwood - 50,000 (2bb)