"No Ace?" ... Yeah Right
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Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
In a huge hand that went down before the recent break, Andrew Zhu played a huge hand against James Boyle that resulted in a new chip leader emerging.
Zhu held 
while Boyle rolled over 
, and with more than a million chips up for grabs, not to mention the overwhelming lead and a pay jump, Zhu asked the dealer every poker player's last words at one point or another.
"No ace," he pleaded, just as the 
flop was fanned. As is usually the case when cowboys go down, it was a a bullet that did them in. The turn (
) and river (
) bricked off and Zhu was left to stare at the board in agony while his stacks were cut down and delivered to Boyle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,180,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
600,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |
was ran down by Andrew Zhu's 
when the flop fell 
, and the turn and river failed to provide any miracles, coming 
and 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, sending Wang to the rail in 7th place, while building Boyle's big stack even higher.
, while Borrero made a pair with his 
. Fourth street brought a 
into the 
held by James Boyle, and a clean runout left him outkicked - and out of the tournament.
. The final board ran out 
.
, Nick Marino decided to put on a show for his son Mario - who he brought to Atlantic City for the latter to play in his first poker tournament.
across the felt and Andrew Zhu c-bet, with Marino's last 720,000 coming in over the top and on the come. Zhu snapped him off with the 
for top pair and his own bevy of draws.
into the 