After losing a pot to Sanovio Ramirez, Lee Mougous was back in action against Robert Price.
Mougous got all his chips in the middle on a board of . He turned up for a turned house while Price showed for trip aces. A on the river was no help, and Mougous was back to 120,000 chips.
A few hands later, Mougous went the other way again and fell back down to just 5,000 chips.
Lee Mougous' roller coaster ride has come to an end.
Mougous got all in preflop against Ming Reslock and Senovio Ramirez. Reslock check-called a flop of and then both players checked the turn and river which brought the and .
Mougous showed , but it wasn't enough to beat either opponent, as Ramirez showed for a better two pair while Reslock showed for a 7-low.
Thang Luu is no stranger to the final table of this particular tournament.
Last year, Luu was the overall winner of this event and, in 2007, he finished second in the $2,000 Omaha 8 or better event. There's no word on what the WSOP brass will do if Luu makes it to the final two again this year.
From under the gun, Pascal Leyo limped. Robert Price raised behind him and Freddy Deeb called. Thang Luu called from later position as well and then when action got back to Leyo, he called.
The flop came down . Leyo checked and Price bet out. Deeb called and then Luu raised. Leyo tanked for a couple minutes and then folded. Price called the raise as did Deeb.
The turn brought the and everyone checked. After the river came the , Price led with a bet and only Deeb called.
"Ship it!" exclaimed Price as he tabled . Deeb didn't muck right away, but held his cards as he studied the board. The dealer scooped up the community cards and began to muck them, but Deeb insisted he put them back because he wanted to study them to see how everyone played the hand. The floor staff corrected the dealer and made him put the cards back on the felt.
When he did so, Jordan Rich chimed in, "Just muck already."
"I don't want to muck." said Deeb. Another few seconds went by and then Freddy released his hand and moved on.