07-04-2008 00:12 UTC-7

Big Draw Yields Little Return

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Jonathan Little Eliminated

Jonathan Little committed his chips on a flop of {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

against a short-stacked opponent. Little held {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

for a straight-flush draw that would need to hit to crack the {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{K-Spades}

of his opponent.

The turn and river bricked out {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

,

{4-Diamonds}

and Little missed his big draw to be on life support with only 4,500 chips.

A few moments later he pushed all in with {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{8-Spades}

was called by a player with {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

. The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{K-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

{K-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

to send Little to the rail.

Tags: Jonathan Little