$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed - And Then There Were Six
Jun 06, '08
Players Left: 6 of 1,236
Eliminations:
Andrew Fegan
Dave Zand
Kevin MacPhee
Jared Okun
Big Hands and Storylines:
MacPhee Out 8th
Kevin MacPhee and Nathan Templeton got all-in pre-flop. MacPhee held 8
8
but was a 4-to-1 underdog against Templeton’s Q
Q
. The A74 flop left MacPhee with only a single out, the 8 of hearts. Neither the turn nor river made MacPhee his miracle set, however, and he was crippled, left with only 50,000 chips. He would be eliminated shortly after by, who else, Nathan Templeton.
Zand Blasted: Out on the Final Table Bubble
Nathan Templeton raised to 28,000 from the cutoff, Dave Zand called on the button, Devon Porter also called from the small blind, and John Conkright came along from the big blind. The table saw the first four-handed flop of the evening: JTT. Those sweating from the rail sensed action, and turned out to be quite perceptive. Conkright wasted no time in leading out with a bet of 100,000. Templeton quickly folded, but Zand was not so fast to act. Sliding out three stacks of orange chips, he declared a raise to 300,000. Porter resignedly mucked his hand (later confessing to folding A-J) and Conkright moved all-in. Zand called, and the two showed their hands:
Conkright: KT
Zand: 98
Conkright flopped trip tens but was only a slight favorite against Zand’s open-ended straight flush draw. The turn delivered the J, making the river sweat much more tolerable for Conkright. When the last card came 7. He raked in a massive pot, taking him over 1 million for the night.
Zand was left with one stack of yellow chips totaling 30,000. He was eliminated shortly after when his QT was felled by Devon Porter’s AT on a board of 48442.
Player Tags: Devin Porter, Nathan Templeton, Andrew Fegan, Jared Okun, John Conkright, Dave Zand
