Eliminations
Jun 06, '07
Eliminations continue to pile up. Jay Newnum, Sam Grizzle and Chris Ferguson were all eliminated in the past hour. Newnum was betting the whole way down, and after sixth street had four to a straight on the board. His opponent check called him the whole way down, and ended up showing down one pair against Newnum, who was representing, but never caught, that straight. Ferguson was incredibly short chipped, and got his last $1,000 chip with a 6
2
2
. John Juanda called and revealed the Q
Q
4
. The 4
gave Juanda two pair on the end, and Chris did not improve by sixth street. He had the dealer deal the last card down so that he could squeeze it out. He needed a three or a two to win. He saw that it was a club, which meant it wasn't a three because Juanda held the 3
. Ferguson's final card needed to be the 2
in order for him to survive. It was the 8
, however, and he was sent to the rail. Less than 120 players remained as the final hour of play began. Make sure to check back in an hour for the end of the night update here at
Cardplayer.com.
Player Tags: Sam Grizzle, Chris Ferguson, Jay Newnum
