Ted McCollom Eliminated in 13th ($23,964)
Mar 18, '08
Ryan Young raises to 18,000 preflop and Ted McCollom reraises 26,000 more to 44,000. Young makes the call and the flop comes A
J
9
. Young checks and McCollom pushes all in almost instantly. Young agonizes over the hand, saying "Wow. Wow. Do you have ace-king? You all know what I have..." Matusow begins to make fun of Young, saying, "Wow!" loudly. Young finally decides to make the call about seven minutes later and shows A Q. McCollom turns over A
K and Young is well behind. The turn is the Q and Young pulls into the lead. The 7 on the river is all that's needed to eliminate McCollom in 13th place ($23,964).
Player Tags: Ryan Young, Ted McCollom
Table 22: Limping into the Dinner Break
Mar 18, '08
With just 12 minutes to go until the dinner break, the action at table 22 has been slow. Mike Matusow received no action on his pocket kings during one hand, and Ted McCollom receieved no action with A-Q on the next. "I thought at least Donkey Kong would call," said Matusow in reference to Ryan Young when he turned up the pocket cowboys.
Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Ted McCollom
Oops!
Mar 18, '08
We're not calling a Matusow blow up, but someone else at the table did.
On a board of K6210 Ted McCollom bets and leaves 84,000 behind. Matusow moves all in and McCollom instantly calls, showing K2. "Oops," says Matusow, as he turns over J3. The river is inconsequential and Matusow takes a hit down to 210,000.
Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Ted McCollom
Quad-Zilla
Mar 18, '08
Ted McCollom bets 20,000 on a board of 108633 and Ryan Young casually makes the call. McCollom serves up a surprise when he flip over 33 for quad threes. "Quad-zilla," says Mike Matusow as McCollom collects the pot.
Player Tags: Ted McCollom
Table 22: Corwin Cole Eliminated in 20th Place
Mar 18, '08
Ted McCollom limps in the small blind and Corwin Cole moves all in for an additional 27,000 from the big blind. McCollom calls, showing 22 and Cole shows A10. The board comes 9854J and Cole is eliminated.
Player Tags: Ted McCollom, Corwin Cole
Table 22: Ted McCollum Takes a Hit
Mar 18, '08
Ted McCollum raises to 7,000 and Amit Makhija calls in the small blind. The flop comes KQ9 and both players check. The turn is the 8 and Makhija bets 11,000. McCollum wastes no time raising to 25,000. Makhija thinks it over, counts out his stack and eventually moves all in. McCollum folds quickly and is left with just 88,000. Makhija now has 139,000.
Player Tags: Amit Makhija, Ted McCollom
Table 21: Little Takes a Big Pot on the Flop
Mar 18, '08
Action is folded to Ted McCollom preflop, and he raises to 7,000. Jonathan Little reraises to 17,000 from the button and action folds to McCollom, whothinks for two minutes before calling. The flop comes 10 6 5 and McCollom checks. Little bets 30,000 and McCollom thinks for five minutes before finally folding. Little takes down the pot.
Player Tags: Jonathan Little, Ted McCollom
