2007 Irish Open Champion Bites the Dust

Marty Smyth is out, having gotten into trouble with pocket jacks against the pocket aces of Yehong Luo. After a 10-high board with two spades fell, Smyth called a raise from Luo and the rest of his stack crossed the line on the {9-?}

turn.

Luo, who recounted the hand for us, had around 20,000 at this point, and although his memory of the exact board cards was a little hazy, neighbor Jerome Bradpiece helped him out.

"You know the hand better than I do," laughed Luo.

"It's something to do when you don't get hands of your own," lamented Bradpiece, on a paltry 4,000.

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