Final Table: Hour 3
May 31, '09
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Players Remaining: 2 out of 918
Chip Counts:
1. Thang Luu — 2,300,000
2. Ed Smith — 1,800,000
Average Chip Count: 2,065,000
Notable Eliminations:
3. Ming Reslock — $106,373
Elimination Hands:
Ming Reslock Eliminated in 3rd Place ($106,373)
On a board reading K
4
36 Ming Reslock was all in holding 988
7 for a gutshot straight draw and an 8-7 low, but Thang Luu showed 107
63 for two pair and a better low. The river bricked for Reslock and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Player Tags: Thang Luu, Ming Reslock
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 K643 against Thang Luu and his AAAJ.
Though Luu had trips in the hole, it was enough when the board came 97377, 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 Q937 against Ming Reslock’s AQ75. 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 K229, 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
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