Just minutes after doubling up by taking the low half of the pot in three-way action, Rich found himself all in again. This time, he was up against just one single preflop raiser in Thang Luu.
Showdown
Luu:
Rich:
The flop came down to give Rich some outs to make a low and lock up half of this pot. The turn was a bad card for him when the fell off. The hit the felt on the river, giving Luu a full house and making Rich our sixth-place finisher.
Jordan Rich didn't take that last beat too well. After the hand, Ed Smith and Thang Luu shared an off-hand comment, and Rich assumed they were talking about him.
Smith said it was nothing, but Rich wouldn't let the matter go. "You said something about 26-year olds and poker players. What was it?"
"Nothing," Smith said.
Rich kept pressing the matter and Smith finally suggested he go read a book.
"Which one?" Rich asked.
"Anyone you want," Smith responded.
Not happy with the response, Rich then challenged Smith to play heads up after the tournament. Smith laughed him off and turned to a young spectator at the rail.
"If you ever act that way, I'll slap ya," Smith said laughing.
Thang Luu and Ming "Joy" Reslock raised back and forth on a flop of until Luu was all in. When the hands were revealed, the flop proved to be monstrous for both players.
Luu flopped two sets with and Reslock flopped a royal flush draw with .
The turn came the as Luu yelled, "Pair the board!"
The river produced the and gave Luu quads and the pot. He doubled all the way back up to 500,000 chips on this hand.
Pascal Leyo got all his chips in the middle against Ming Reslock on the first hand back from the break.
Reslock had a pair of aces and a nut flush draw while Leyo had a straight draw and a pair of sevens. He asked for a seven or a nine on the river, and got what he wanted when a seven hit the board.
The remaining six players have returned from dinner break and the cards are back in the air.
Just a reminder once again that Thang Luu is STILL in the field. Two years ago, he placed second in the event behind Frankie O'Dell and last year, Luu took down the title. If he wins this one, the WSOP might have to think about renaming this event the Thang Luu Classic.