07-13-2009 08:51 UTC-12

Blackman Loses His Race and His Tournament Life

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Scott Blackman

Scott Blackman is the next player to be eliminated. He was short-stacked and all in with {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{10-Clubs}

against Jake Abdalla's {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{8-Spades}

. The player in the big blind, who was last to act in the hand, open-mucked the other two eights, {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

. But that was no problem for Abdalla; his eights held against Blackman's hand on board of {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{2-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

to secure the knockout.

Blackman goes home as the 154th-place finisher in the 2009 Main Event.

Tags: Jake Abdalla Scott Blackman