Event 4: Panayiotou Panned

East Coast Championship
$7200 + $300 (NL)

Tim Begley

Eric Panayiotou (NY) got his last ~4,500 chips in pre-flop against Tim Begley (Freehold, NJ). Eric's pocket 7s were is a world-o-hurt against Tim's pocket Aces. The board brought no reprieve for Eric and he hit the rail.

In a battle of the blinds, Will Failla (Commack, NY) raised from the small and Dwyte Pilgrim called from the big. They checked to the river as the board came 6 5 3 6 5. Will checked, Dwyte bet 1k, Will raised to 2,400 and after a few heartbeats, Dwyte looked him up. "Can you beat Ace-high?" said Will. In answer, Dwyte rolled over pocket 9s for a better two pair than the board. Will mucked and Dwyte pulled the pot.