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On the first hand Gioi Luong limped with pocket fives, and Yuval Bronshtein called with and Pete Lawson with . The three players checked the flop and the on the turn, and when Luong bet after the fell on the river Lawson decided to look him up. Luong showed his pocket pair and took down the pot.
Jason Newburger raised with …and Pete Lawson woke up with 2 black Aces. Lawson re-raised to 85,000 and Newburger considered the situation for a few minutes before deciding that Ace-Queen wasn’t the hand he wanted to gamble his tournament life on.
In late position Bryan O’Connell raised with and Greg Hopkins re-raised with pocket Tens. O’Connell took some time making up his mind before he pushed the rest of his chips into the middle. Hopkins called, and the board didn’t give O’Connell the help he needed. Bryan O’Connell wins $16,353 for his ninth-place finish.
Greg Hopkins: 610,000
Yuval Bronshtein: 524,000
Gioi Luong: 270,000
Jason Newburger: 240,000
Pete Lawson: 230,000
David Zarrin: 228,000
Bob Collison: 180,000
Ray Coburn: 115,00
Jason Newburger raised with and Greg Hopkins called. The flop gave Newburger top pair, and when he led out and Hopkins called.
The fell on the turn, giving Newburger top two, and his bet set Hopkins to thinking. Hopkins counted out the chips for a call, re-stacked them, and then announced a raise to 80K. That sent Newburger into the tank. Had Hopkins flopped a set, or made his straight on the turn? Jason thought a good long while before he announced all-in and pushed his chips into the pot. When Hopkins didn’t insta-call Newburger had to know he was good, and in the end Hopkins mucked his .
Running low on chips, Ray Coburn bet the pot with pocket fours, and Gioi Luong raised with A-K. Coburn called and the race was on. Coburn fell badly behind when the flop came , and when the and fell on the turn and river that brought Coburn’s day to an end. He wins $22,894 for his 8th-place finish.