Chang and Alspach Out in Double Elimination Hand
Mar 18, '15
A massive hand just developed that ended with the elimination of both Timothy Change and Dan Alspach.
With the board reading K
J
8 Dan Alspach bet 225,000 from the big blind. Maxim Sorokin moved all-in for about one million from under the gun and Timothy Change moved all-in for much less from under the gun+1. Stephen Graner and Eric Molina got out of the hand from the cutoff and the button and Alspach moved all-in.
Alspach = K
J
Chang = 88
Sorokin = AQ
The board completed 67 and Sorokin scooped the massive pot.
Chang had a few more chips than Alspach, giving him $20,448 for sixth. Alspach earned $17,320 for seventh.
Player Tags: Dan Alspach, Maxim Sorokin, Timothy Chang
Jon Lactaoen Eliminated 13th ($7,217)
Mar 18, '15
Jon Lactaoen has had a great series here at the Wynn which was capped off by a deep run in the main event. Unfortunately, Lactaoen’s streak came to an end in a pretty brutal fashion, making him the first bustout of the day and the 13th place finisher.
Lactaoen’s end was brought about when Timothy Chang moved all-in with A5 and Lactaoen snap-called with AQ. Chang picked up a straight draw after a flop of 632 and completed it when the 4 fell on the turn.
“There is it,” Chang said.
The river was a meaningless A and Lactaoen was left with just 26,000 after that.
On the next hand Lactaoen moved all-in from the button and Zo Karim called from the big blind without looking at his cards.
Lactaoen showed ten-nine of spades and Karim flipped over one card -the 6.
The dealer insisted Karim show both his cards before fanning the board, and Karim turned over his other hole card – the 8.
A flop of AQ8 signaled Lacatoen’s finish as his hand failed to improve as the board ran out 25.
In total, Lactaoen earned $64,574 during this series.
Player Tags: Jon Lactaoen, Zohair Karim, Timothy Chang
