01-13-2009 06:00 UTC+11

Rainer Quel Crippled, then Eliminated in 2nd Place (AU$21,420); Mel Judah Wins Event #3!

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Rainer Quel - 2nd Place

Dueling flushes crippled Rainer Quel. He went to war with Mel Judah on a flop of {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

{9-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

. The turn {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

brought the third diamond and more raises. On the river {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

, Judah bet and Quel made crying call.

Judah: {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

{8-Spades}

Quel:

{K-Diamonds}

{Q-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

{7-Diamonds}

That left Quel with only 25,000 chips. They went in on the next hand with {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{k-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

; Judah called with {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{K-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

{3-Spades}

. He finally brought an end to Quel's tournament life with {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{4-Clubs}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Spades}

{6-Clubs}

. After an inspiring heads-up match that took more than two hours, Quel was finally eliminated in second place. He earned AU$21,420 for that achievement.

Tags: Mel Judah Rainer Quel