The Slow Painful Death of John Eames

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

John Eames was sitting comfortably with over 200,000 chips and then in a blink of an eye he was booking his flight home.

Hand 1

Eames raised to 11,000 under the gun and Mads Wissing three-bet on the button making it 28,500 to play. The action folded around to Eames who moved all-in. It was a good show of strength but he couldn't have picked a worse time. Wissing was sat with {k-Hearts} {k-Diamonds} and he made the call. Eames was looking for some hearts, an ace or a wheel with {a-Hearts} {3-Hearts} . Although the flop gave him a glimmer of hope it was only temporary and he was down to 120,000.

Board: {5-Spades} {4-Spades} {9-Spades} {k-Clubs} {q-Clubs}

Wissing ~ 290,000

Hand 2

Denis Pisarev raised with {a-Hearts} {k-Spades} and Eames moved all-in for 120,000 holding {a-Diamonds} {a-Clubs} . Just when Eames was expecting a quick double up Pisarev rivered an unlikely straight leaving Eames with mere dust (8k).

Board: {8-Spades} {j-Spades} {10-Spades} {3-Clubs} {q-Hearts}

Hands 3 & 4

Eames tripled up with the unlikely {10-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} before losing the lot to Germano Martucci. Eames shoved with {q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} and was called by {q-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} and that was that.