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Tharmalingam Makes Full House and Busts Two Players
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Valerii Lubenets, Ajith Tharmalingam and Alioto Piero were all in preflop in a three way confrontation, with both Lubenets and Piero at risk.
Valerii Lubenets: Q♦J♠
Alioto Piero: 10♥10♠
Ajith Tharmalingam: 5♦5♠
Piero had the best of it with pocket tens and Lubenets had queen-jack. Tharmalingam had pocket fives and was in bad shape before the board ran out.
The board came 5♣2♦9♣Q♥Q♠. Lubenets hit trip queens, but Tharmalingam hit a full house with fives full of queens to triple up his stack.
Both Lubenets and Piero were eliminated from the tournament.