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#599 – World Series Final Table #12 – Scott Montgomery Soars, Then Crashes
While I was gone, Montgomery built up his stack and seemed the first to try to control the table five-handed. In a giant miscalculation, however, he lost nearly 30 million chips in an all-in pre-flop move and has just been eliminated in 5th place. this happened at 9:40 PM, just as we were entering a 20 minute break and the start of the next level.
When I got back from meeting and eating, Scott Montgomery had chipped up to over 32 million. He had built further when, in the small blind, he raised Ivan Demidov’s 500k big blind to 1.5 million. Demidov reraised to 4.025 million. After thinking about it for a minute, Scott asked how many chips Ivan had behind him and bet to put him all-in. Ivan called in an instant. (Thanks to Pokernews.com and their excellent reporting for helping me shore up my facts.)
Scott Montgomery turned over Ad-9d. Ivan Demidov turned over Kd-Ks.
There was some drama, as Scott picked up two diamonds on the flop. But he never got an ace or a third diamond and Demidov regained his position in the chip lead. Montgomery had dropped, in one hand, from a serious shot at the chip lead to the brink of elimination, with just 6 million chips left.
Almost immediately, Scott moved all-in, and chipped up to about 7 million. On the last hand of the level, he moved all-in again and was called by Peter Eastgate.
Scott had Ad-3d, and Peter had 6h-6s.
The board was one that some people say could happen only in online poker. (Ha!) The flop was Ac-4d-Qs, giving Scott a pair of aces. The turn was another ace. Eastgate had only two outs to eliminate Montgomery, and Dennis Phillips mentioned that he had mucked a six.
Therefore, Peter had just one out.
River: six of diamonds, and now Scott Montgomery is out in fifth place. He’s going to take home another $2.1 million for today’s finish, in addition to the $900,00 he already won. But unlike Craig Marquis, who got nothing today, and Kelly Kim, who got only 20% of Scott’s haul, he has to deal with the hard questions … he’s going to ask himself.
He’s a good guy and a good player. This has been a pretty smart final table and he just miscalculated. I feel a little bad for him, but I’m catching myself when I remember he made $2.1 million for how he played today.
This ends Full Tilt’s day but not mine. I’m here for the rest of the night. There’s plenty more action and I’ve got lots more to write about.
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