The Slow Painful Death of John Eames
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John Eames was sitting comfortably with over 200,000 chips and then in a blink of an eye he was booking his flight home.
Hand 1
Eames raised to 11,000 under the gun and Mads Wissing three-bet on the button making it 28,500 to play. The action folded around to Eames who moved all-in. It was a good show of strength but he couldn't have picked a worse time. Wissing was sat with 
and he made the call. Eames was looking for some hearts, an ace or a wheel with 
. Although the flop gave him a glimmer of hope it was only temporary and he was down to 120,000.
Board: 
Wissing ~ 290,000
Hand 2
Denis Pisarev raised with 
and Eames moved all-in for 120,000 holding 
. Just when Eames was expecting a quick double up Pisarev rivered an unlikely straight leaving Eames with mere dust (8k).
Board: 
Hands 3 & 4
Eames tripled up with the unlikely 
before losing the lot to Germano Martucci. Eames shoved with 
and was called by 
and that was that.