01-10-2009 18:10 UTC+11

Helena Wong Runs into Major Trouble

[user75032]

{A-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

looked like a good-enough hand for Helena Wong. She pushed in her stack of 5,575 chips from early position. The first piece of bad news for Wong was that a player a few seats behind her jumped at the chance to put his whole stack of 8.700 into the pot. The second piece of bad news was that a second player then moved all in over the top of that raise. The third piece of bad news came when the hands were opened:

Wong: {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

Player A:

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

Player B:

{Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

Wong actually improved on the flop as it came {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

to give her a gutshot straight draw. It never hit. The turn fell {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

and the river came {j-Spades}

{j-Spades}

. Player B's queens held up. As a result, Wong has exited the tournament area.

Tags: Helena Wong