Guerin Eliminated in a Three-Way All In

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

We arrived at Table 12 with a big hand already in progress. Australia's Didier Guerin was already all in and there was roughly 18,000 in the main pot. Guangfu Ye was contemplating what to do as Edison Nguyen had moved all in over the top for 12,475 more. Eventually Ye made the call and all three hands were tabled.

Ye:
Guerin:
Nguyen:

According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Guerin was in the worst spot with just a 16.72% chance of winning the hand while Nguyen and Ye would win 38% and 45% of the time respectively. Guerin was poised to exit, but the flop gave him pause as he took the lead with a set. Just like that Guerin went from the last to being an 85.38% favorite.

Guerin let a little smile cross his face, but in heartbreaking fashion, it turned into disbelief after the dealer burned and turned the to give Nguyen a bigger set! The river blanked on the river, which sent Guerin to the rail, gave Nguyen more than a double, and left Ye on a short stack.