Latest Chip Counts
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Matt Matros - 2,100,000
Terrence Chan - 350,000
Ahmad Abghari - 400,000
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
625
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Ace on the River
Matthew Matros is running over this table now, and he almost crippled Ahmad Abghari to leave himself heads-up for the bracelet. It was Matros who lit the first spark, raising it up preflop, being raised by Abghari, and making the call. The dealer popped a 
onto the felt, and Abghari continued as the agressor, betting the flop, the 
turn and the 
river - at which point he had just 35,000 behind - before taking the pot down with 
. A frustrated Matros revealed 
and was left to rue the ghost of Barry Greenstein and his popular publication.
Break Time Comes Around Again
All the railers here have briefly headed over to the other feature table to see how durrrr's getting on. But no going anywhere! We'll be back with our limit three-way in 20 minutes.
Level: 25
Blinds: /
Ante:
Terrence Chan Eliminated in 3rd Place ($85,185)
Terrence Chan, reduced from chip leader to short stack, raised from the button and Ahmad Abghari called in the big blind. They saw an 
flop and the action went like so:
Abghari: check
Chan: bet
Abghari: raise
Chan: reraise
Abghari: "What have you got left?"
Chan: "155k"
Abghari: call
So they saw the 
turn and Abghari bet out. Chan raised all in, Abghari made the call, and they flipped their cards.
Chan: 
for a flush and inside straight draw
Abghari: 
for two pair
River: 
Chan shook hands with both his remaining opponents and headed over to the commiserating arms of his railers, who for the record included Gavin Griffin.
Ladies, gentlemen - we are heads up.
Heads Up Chip Counts
Alliteration, assonance abound.
Matt Matros: 1,950,000
Ahmad Abghari: 850,000
Straight to the Point
First hand heads up, and Abghari raised from the button. Matt Matros made the call and they saw a flop.
Flop: 
Matros checked, and then when Abghari bet in position, he raised. Abghari called, and they saw a turn.
Turn: 
Matros bet out this time, and then called Abghari's raise. So, to the river.
River:
Matros bet out again, Abghari raised again, and Matros called.
Abghari: 
for the flopped straight
Matros: 
for the turned straight
"You are a lucky man," chuckled Abghari as they chopped the pot.
"Hey, nice flop," Matros laughed back.
Latest Chip Counts
Matthew Matros - 1,550,000
Ahmad Abghari - 1,275,000
Eights Enough
Ahmad Abghari raised from the button and Matthew Matros called before check-calling a continuation bet on a 
flop. The turn and river were both checked down, Abghari picking up the pot with 
. Matros had 
.
Return of the Chan
Terrence Chan has reappeared in the tournament area to watch the thrilling denouement of the tournament from which he was recently eliminated, trailed by his small yet perfectly formed group of former railers.
"We don't want to leave you alone," he told Matt Matros, before qualifying it, "Well, the payout process does take a little while..."