Maria Ho has won the first 6-max heat in the Global Poker League Americas conference after the summer break. Ho was off to a good start which ended in her winning the tournament and scoring seven points for the LA Sunset.
Xuan Liu playing for the Montreal Nationals was the first one to go. She lost a lot of chips to Scott Ball early in the heat and eventually busted to Jason Mercier.
The card dead Kitty Kuo was the next one to leave. She first lost a huge pot with against the from Byron Kaverman. Who eliminated her a few hands later.
Kaverman was the man in command after busting Scott Ball in fourth. When he hit an eight on the river with his ace-eight against Ball's ace-ten.
Still, Kaverman was next to go. He was crippled by Jason Mercier and eliminated by Maria Ho.
Mercier took an early lead in the heads up, but still ended up short. He got trapped by Ho and never managed to recover.
Results GPL Match 119
Place
Player
Team
Points
1
Maria Ho
LA Sunset
7 points
2
Jason Mercier
New York Rounders
5 points
3
Byron Kaverman
Sao Paulo Metropolitans
3 points
4
Scott Ball
Las Vegas Moneymakers
2 points
5
Kitty Kuo
San Francisco Rush
1 point
6
Xian Liu
Montreal Metropolitans
0 points
Ho's seven points get her team LA Sunset a lot closer to the top of the leaderboard. the Montreal Nationals are still leading but only with a four-point advantage.
Byron Kaverman was holding the chiplead, but a couple of hands later he was busted in third. He first lost a huge pot to Jason Mercier and was left with only 12,200 points in the 1,200/2,400-level.
He got those last chips in with his against the from Maria Ho.
Ho's ducks were good and they stayed good on the -board.
Kaverman scores 3 points for the Sao Paulo Metropolitans.
Scott Ball got it in good preflop with his against the of Byron Kaverman.
Ball was looking for a double up to 25,000 points, but the board decided otherwise. The ran out, saw Kaverman hit an eight on the river which eliminated Ball.
He rakes in two points for the Las Vegas Moneymakers.
Kitty Kuo was crippled and than eliminated from this heat. She first lost with versus the from Byron Kaverman and was left with 1,660 chips by 1k/2k blinds.
In the next hand she doubled with against the from Scott Ball when the board ran out . But she was eliminated in the next hand.
Kaverman raised with from the under the gun position. Jason Mercier folded and Kuo made the call from the big blind holding .
She needed help to stay alive but the -board didn't provide the help she was looking for.
Xuan Liu is the first one to be eliminated from this heat. Liu was left with 10,500 in chips and had to post the 1,600 big blind. The action was folded to Jason Mercier in the small blind and he put Liu all-in. The Montreal Nationals player made the call and she was at risk.
Jason Mercier:
Xuan Liu:
Liu was ahead, but it was close and the flop gave Mercier the better hand. The turn wasn't much of a help to Liu and neither was the river.
Liu left the tournament without scoring any points for her team, but the Nationals will remain on the top of the table of the Americas League.
In these Americas conference 6-max heats, Scott Ball is the best scoring player in the Global Poker League. He already scored 39 points for the Las Vegas Moneymakers. Although he got most of his points in the four heads up matches he played.
In this format, he scored 15 points, which include one win in four appearances. Xuan Liu (Montreal Nationals) and Kitty Kuo (San Francisco Rush) also won a 6-max heat before. Both played two 6-max matches so far.
Jason Mercier and Byron Kaverman where in the line up twice before, but haven't scored a win so far. Mercier finished third and fourth, while Kaverman ended up fourth and fifth.
Maria Ho only played one match so far in which she finished fifth.
Not only the Eurasia conference is back in action. The Americas conference is ready to play after the 10-week summer break. In a few moments the first of two 6-max heats of the Americas conference will start.
This match will feature; Jason Mercier, Maria Ho, Kitty Kuo, Scott Ball, Xuan Liu and Byron Kaverman. They are all looking to score big points for their teams.
The first heat is scheduled to start at 3:30pm EDT (21:30 CEST). The second round will start at 5:10pm. PokerNews will be here to cover the actions as it happens.
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