Level: 11
Blinds: /
Ante:
Level: 11
Blinds: /
Ante:
The final table is set after Derek Cheung was allin for his last 7,000 playing 2-7 triple draw.
Cheung couldnt hit a hand good enough to beat the which Justin Smith managed to draw to knock out Cheung and beat out the ten-low of Maria Ho.
Stay tuned for the final seven!
Level: 12
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
It's time for a break.
There will be 15 minutes before play kicks off again and we find out our final table!
2-7 Triple Draw
Just before the break, Derek Cheung and Maria Ho got involved in a big pot. Ho drew three, and Cheung drew three as well. Ho bet, and Cheung raised. Maria called. On to the second draw. Both drew one, and Maria check-called a bet. They each drew one again on the last draw, and Ho bet out. Cheung called with a 9-5-4-3-2, but Maria had just better with an 8-7-6-5-3. Cheung was left with just 6,500.
The board read when Mario Ho re-potted the bet of Gary Benson, him making the call and putting his tournament life at risk.
Benson:
Ho:
The two-pair of Ho would be better than Benson's as the river bricked the . Benson's elimination leaves 8 remaining, one off the final table of seven.
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Stud Hi-Lo
Joel Ettedgi check-raised Maria Ho on fifth street, and she put him all in for less than a full bet more. Ho had tens and nines by the end of it all, and Ettedgi missed his low draw and never had much of a shot at making a high hand. He hit the rail unhappily, while Maria padded her growing tower of chips.
Derek Cheung has just managed to double-up his short stack through Gary Benson when Cheung put his tournament life on the line holding against Benson's .
The board ran out , the turn card giving Cheung the straight and keeping him alive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Bach
|
115,000 | 52,500 |
Maria Ho | 110,000 | 44,000 |
Mike Watson
|
88,000 | 25,000 |
Eli Elezra
|
85,000 | 75,000 |
Andy Bloch
|
70,500 | -4,000 |
Robert Campbell
|
41,000 | 35,500 |
Justin Smith
|
35,000 | 20,000 |
Joel Ettedgi | 18,000 | -12,000 |
Derek Cheung
|
15,000 | -25,000 |
Gary Benson
|
13,000 | -17,000 |