Event 49 - $1500 NLHE - Hour 4
Jun 30, '08
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Ante: 5,000
Players Remaining: 2
Chip Counts:
Rasmus Nielsen: 5,725,000
JC Tran: 2,575,000
Eliminations:
3rd: John Conroy - $278,255
4th: Peter Nguyen - $233,734
Peter Nguyen Eliminated in 4th Place ($233,734)
Preflop, a severely short stacked Peter Nguyen moved all in for his last 225,000. Chip leader Rasmus Nielsen made the call from the small blind, and the players turned over their cards.
Nguyen: 9
7
Nielsen: K
J
The flop looked like a walk for Nguyen, coming 7
7
4 to give the short stack a set of sevens. The turn improved Nielsen to two outs with the K, giving him a 5% chance of winning the pot. Nguyen crawled inside his hood, dreading the fall of the final card. His fatal outlook, unfortunately, was quite astute, as the K did in fact fall on the river, giving Nielsen the bigger full house and the pot. Nguyen shipped his stack to the chip leader, and went to collect his $233,734 payday for his fourth place finish.
John Conroy Eliminated in 3rd Place ($278,255)
John Conroy opened with a raise to 175,000. Rasmus Nielsen then asked him to count his remaining stack, which totaled around 800,000. Something about the number must have appealed to Nielsen, as he then announced an all-in raise. Conroy made the call with little hesitation, and the players flipped up their hands.
Nielsen: A8
Conroy: AQ
It seems that either the poker gods have taken a shine to Rasmus Nielsen, or his massive stack has developed a magnetic charge capable of drawing in whatever other chips make their way to the felt. Nielsen hit his three outer, pairing his eight on the flop of 855. Conroy failed to redraw on the turn, the 3, and the river, the 4.
After 116 hands, we are down to two players. Check back hourly for updates on heads up play.
Player Tags: Peter Nguyen, John Conroy, European Report
Jared Pacfici moved all in from the small blind and Peter Nguyen called all in on the big blind wih a very short stack. Their cards: