Hall Tangles With the Chip Leader
Level 10
: Blinds 400/800, 0 ante
Tom "lultaxpayers" Hall limped in from under the gun and current chip leader "JakPotHead" raised to 3,200. Hall made the call.
The flop came 10♦6♠3♦ and "JakPotHead" bet 7,200. Hall raised all in for 19,790 total and "JakPotHead" made the call to put Hall at risk.
Tom "lultaxpayers" Hall: 7♦7♣5♦5♣
"JakPotHead": Q♦Q♣J♦8♣
Hall was in bad shape with a worse flush draw, lower pair and gutshot straight draw versus the overpair and higher flush draw from "JakPotHead". Hall could not catch up on the he 8♣ turn and 3♥ river and was forced to rebuy while "JakPotHead" passed the 200,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,342
208,342
|
208,342 |
|
15,000
-15,490
|
-15,490 |