Eight Isn’t Enough
by Jessica on 06.28.08, 6:54 am
The $5K Short Handed No Limit Hold Em event may be down to only 8 players, but they are still two players shy of the final table. As we last reported, play had slowed significantly with 14 players remaining, but during the last level or two action picked up and we saw the field nearly cut in half.
First to hit the rail was Jason Gray (pictured at left), who was eliminated in 14th place when his 5
5
failed to hold against another player’s A
Q. Gray managed to fade both the flop and turn when the board came KT47, but the J on the river brought the other player a straight and Jason was sent home with $31,781.
Shortly after Gray left the Brasilia Room, Alex Jacob was eliminated in 11th place when he got it all-in with pocket nines against his opponent’s pocket tens on a board of 7
76. Steven “CornellFiji” Ware was battling a short stack much of the last level and eventually moved all-in from the small blind with J5 and the player in the big blind called with A5. The board ran out A877Q and Ware was eliminated in 9th place, earning $63,941.
Play will continue on into the early morning until they lose two more players. Recent bracelet winner Davidi “legrouzin” Kitai remains in the field. He currently sits with 390K–good enough for 7th in chips out of the eight remaining players.
