Defending Champ KO'd

Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded to Shander de Vries in the small blind and he shoved all in. William Reynolds was in the big blind and called for his tournament life.
De Vries:
Reynolds:
The flop didn't change anything but the
turn gave Reynolds a pair of queens and the best hand. In order to eliminate his opponent, de Vries needed to catch one of the two remaining nines. Given the title of this post, you know that is what happened. It was in fact the
and Reynolds' lives ran out. De Vries is up to 420,000.