06-30-2009 07:49 UTC-12

Chan Checks Out

Shamus

Terrence "Not Johnny" Chan has been eliminated. He lost most of his stack in a hand in which all but 900 of his chips went in the middle against an all-in opponent with the board showing {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

. Chan had {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{K-Spades}

, but his opponent had {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

. The river was the {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

, and Chan was in dire straits.

Soon after, it folded to Phil Laak in the small blind who raised, Chan reraised all in, and Laak called. Laak showed {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

, while Chan tabled {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

. The flop was {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

{7-Spades}

and turn

{A-Diamonds}

, and Chan was still safe. But the {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

river gave Laak the flush and Chan hits the rail early.

Tags: Phil Laak Terrence Chan