Bloch Busts Ho and Cripples Chen

Andy Bloch /
Maria Ho: /
Bill Chen: /

Maria Ho completed on third street showing a , Andy Bloch called with an , and the Bill Chen raised with . Ho and Bloch both called. On fourth street, Bill Chen bet out, and both players called.

Then on fifth street, Maria Ho had the low board. She and Bloch both checked, then Chen bet out. Ho tried to check-raise all in for 1,700, but a full raise was only 1,600. So Ho made it two bets, Bloch called, and Chen raised to 2,400. Ho called all in for 1,700 total, and Bloch called the full three bets.

With Ho all in, Chen had the low board on sixth street even though he paired his five, and he check-called Bloch's bet. Bloch bet again on the river, but this time Chen slid his cards to the dealer.

Bloch showed 8-7-6-4-A, just barely enough to beat Ho's 8-7-6-5-A. Ho has been eliminated from the tournament, and Chen is severely short-stacked. Bloch, on the other hand, now sits with 15,500.