Final Table: Hour 2
May 31, '09
Blinds: 20,000-40,000
Players Remaining: 3 out of 918
Chip Counts:
1. Thang Luu — 2,150,000
2. Ed Smith — 1,500,000
3. Ming Reslock — 375,000
Average Chip Count: 1,377,000
Notable Eliminations:
6. Jordan Rich — $40,612
5. Pascal Leyo — $53,293
4. Robert Price — $73,405
Elimination Hands:
Jordan Rich Eliminated in 6th Place ($40,612)
Jordan Rich was short stacked and committed the rest of his stack holding K
6
4
3
against Thang Luu and his A
A
A
J
.
Though Luu had trips in the hole, it was enough when the board came 9
7
3
7
7
, giving him a full house and sending Rich to the rail.
Pascal Leyo Eliminated in 5th Place ($53,293)
Pascal Leyo held on for a long time on the short stack and finally committed the rest of his chips with Q
9
3
7
against Ming Reslock’s A
Q
7
5
. Reslock only needed the ace to take the pot as the board helped neither player and Leyo was eliminated from the tournament.
Robert Price Eliminated in 4th Place ($73,405)
On a board reading K
2
2
9
, Robert Price called all in against Thang Luu’s only to see he was drawing dead against Kings up, exiting the tournament in fourth place.
Player Tags: Robert Price, Thang Luu, Ming Reslock