Tam 'Tommy' Hang started this heads-up match as the short stack, but he has been battling back by winning more than his share of small pots with aggressive play.
The final table for this event is scheduled to start at 8:00 pm PDT. We currently have 22 players left at 7 tables, and three of the tables are heads up.
David Mosca is the only player who has advanced to the final table so far.
Ram Vaswani raises from the small blind (and the button) to 6,000, and Bret Winograd calls. The flop comes , Winograd bets 3,000, and Vaswani calls. The turn card pairs the board with the , Winograd bets 6,000, Vaswani raises to 12,000, and Winograd calls. The river card is the , Winograd bets 6,000, Vaswani raises to 12,000, and Winograd calls.
Ram Vaswani shows for trip sixes, and Winograd mucks. Vaswani wins the pot.
With the board showing on the turn, David Mosca bets 3,000, Isabelle Mercier raises to 6,000, Mosca reraises to 9,000, and Mercier calls. The river card is the , Mosca bets 6,000, and Mercier calls. Mosca shows K-10 for two pair, tens and deuces with a king kicker, and Mercier mucks. After the hand, the chip counts look like this:
David Mosca - 266,000
Isabelle Mercier - 4,000
The next hand, Mercier would double up to 8,000 when her Q-4 outflopped Mosca's K-7 suited by catching a four. But two hands later, her couldn't overcome Mosca's on a board of .
Isabelle Mercier was eliminated in 24th place, earning $6,634.