06-07-2008 01:39 UTC-7

Three Steps to Chen's Demise

[user22113]

It started when Bill Chen got involved in pot that had action on every street and lost at showdown to his opponent's {A-?}

{A-?}

{Q-?}

taking his stack down to 3,200.

On the very next hand Chen tangled with Van Marcus and donated 1,000 to Marcus' stack without seeing the river.

Step three, another tangle with Marcus. Chen got his whole stack in preflop when Marcus and the big blind raised and reraised. The flop came {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

.

Marcus and the big blind built a side pot and the turn showed the {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

. The river flipped and was the {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

. When all the hands were tabled it was Marcus' {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{Q-Diamonds}

that took the pot and Chen was sent home with 40 minutes left in Day one.

Van Marcus has 13,700 in chips.

Tags: Van Marcus