Ly Hangs Tough

Minh Ly was forced to fold on 6th street in a big pot with Alexander Kostritsyn. The action was 3-bet on 3rd street, then checked through to 6th street where Ly bet out with {8-Spades}

but was raised by Kostritsyn with {4-Hearts}

. In a decision that was virtually for his tournament life Ly folded his hand and saved his last 90,000.

He was able to recover some chips back in the next hand against Eric Brooks. Brooks completed with the {K-Clubs}

and Ly raised with the {A-Hearts}

. Brooks made the call.

On 4th Ly spiked a repeat {A-Diamonds}

while Brooks hit the {6-Clubs}

. Ly put his last 22,000 chips into the middle, and although Brooks was getting a discount, Ly's hand looked too big and Brooks laid it down.

Ly is now back to about 160,000 but will still need some more help to get back into contention for the title.

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