Le Leaves Us
Shortly after that last hand in which Nam Le slipped to 1,700, he was involved in another in which he (big blind) and another player (early position) had begun to build a pot preflop. The flop then came 
, and the pair got the rest of Le's chips in.
Le held 
for a diamond draw while his opponent had 
. No diamond, ace, or king came to save Le, and he became an early elimination.