Huy Pham Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,555)
Oct 26, '14
Huy Pham raised to 65,000 from middle position and Massoud Eskandari called from the cutoff. Estrella Baltazar called from the small blind and the flop came A
5
9.
Baltazar bet 150,000, Pham called and Eskandari raised to 500,000.
Baltazar called and Pham moved all-in for about 1 million. Eskandari re-shoved and Baltazar tanked.
After about a minute, Baltazar folded but then hit the table in frustration when the other two players showed their cards.
Pham tabled AJ while Eskandari showed A
Q.
A 9 came on the turn and a 4 ended Pham’s tournament.
Pham won $1,555 for finishing 9th while Eskandari’s closed in on the 6 million mark.
Player Tags: Huy Pham, Massoud Eskandari
Hulett Returns the Favor
Oct 26, '14
Huy Pham raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and John Hulett re-raised all-in from the button.
Pham thought for a bit after action folded back to him and then called.
Pham showed 1010
and was in tough shape against Hulett’s JJ.
But Pham hit a set on the K91026 board and doubled to 1 million while Hulett was left with 390,000.
Player Tags: Huy Pham, John Hulett
John Hulett Doubles Through Huy Pham
Oct 26, '14
Huy Pham raised to 100,000 from the small blind and John Hulett moved all-in for 355,000 more from the big blind. Pham tanked for a bit before calling with A9. Hulett showed KJ and was behind after a flop of Q76. Hulett picked up a pair of jacks when the J opened on the turn and his pair held through the 8 on the river.
Player Tags: Huy Pham, John Hulett
Double Doubles
Oct 26, '14
There were a pair of doubles on table two.
First Huy Pham doubled to 1.2 million through Massoud Eskandari. Pham had KK and got it all-in against Eskandari’s AK.
The board was devoid of any aces and Pham doubled while Eskandari’s stack shrunk to 3.3 million. It was still good enough for the lead though.
A few hands later, John Hulett doubled through Jason Kim.
Kim had KQ while Hulett had 1010.
The board ran A10677 and Hulett doubled to about 50,000 while Kim’s stack shrunk to about 400,000.
Player Tags: Huy Pham, Jason Kim, John Hulett, Massoud Eskandari
