06-04-2009 11:18 UTC-12

Philip Souza Crippled - Then Eliminated

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Philip Souza raised to 54,000 from under-the-gun and got re-raised to 160,000 by Gary Tang from the small blind.

Both players checked the flop of {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{9-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

and Tang led for 175,000 when the {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

appeared on the turn. Souza raised all in for 879,000 and Tang tanked before finally making the call with {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

. Souza showed {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

and lost the monster pot when the {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

hit the river.

The pot left Souza with just 41,000 chips and put Tang up near 1.6 million.

Souza was knocked out of the tournament a couple of hands later after shoving with {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{J-Diamonds}

preflop and getting called by Mike Ciotola with {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

. Neither player improved on a board of {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{6-Spades}

{4-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

, and Ciotola's kicker played.