Bronze Section Eliminations: McClung, De Maci and Cheong Are Out

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A quick skirt around the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room reveals three notable eliminations. Chris McClung was eliminated in rather unfortunate circumstances. He managed to get it in good on a board of {9-} {6-} {x-} {2-} holding {K-} {K-} versus {9-} {8-} , but his opponent spiked an {8-} on the river to send the Canadian packing.

Chris De Maci was the recent runner-up to our first ever Japanese World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Naoya Kihara. That event was Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six Handed and De Maci earned $316,308 for that close shave. He was extremely short when we last did a swoop and can confirm that he has been eliminated in the two-card version of things.

A final notable who is no longer spraying chips around is the cheeky-chappie known as Joseph Cheong. He was eliminated by Steven Karr who now has 30,000 chips - more than anyone else in the Bronze section - and it was a barnstormer of a hand.

We believe that Karr opened to 425 from early position and both Liv Boeree and Mathew Frankland called before Joseph Cheong three-bet from the button making it 1,350. The player in the small blind moved all-in for approx. 4,000, Karr also moved all-in and Boeree and Frankland (pocket tens) both folded.

Karr
Cheong
Small Blind

So a cooler for all and after five communities were hung, drawn and quartered Cheong and the small blind were out, whilst Karr moved up to 30,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
	30,000
Evan Schwartz	28,000
Craig McCorkell	20,000 12,000	12,000

Salman Behbehani	20,000 12,000	12,000
Dennis Phillips	18,000 6,000	6,000
Tom McCormick	16,000 -6,000	-6,000
Bruno Lopes	13,000 1,400	1,400

Michael Eiler	12,400 7,700	7,700
Liv Boeree	12,300 5,800	5,800

Pius Heinz	11,700 440	440

Bryan Piccioli	11,000

Scott Montgomery	10,000 6,300	6,300

Koen De Visscher	10,000
Leo Margets	10,000 1,500	1,500

Mihai Manole	9,000 2,000	2,000
Mike Leah	7,400 -600	-600

Sam Holden	6,800 300	300
Mathew Frankland	6,600 -4,860	-4,860
Foster Hays	6,200 -2,300	-2,300

Jason DeWitt	6,000 -3,000	-3,000

Kristijonas Andrulis	6,000 1,600	1,600
Aaron Jones	5,200 -1,800	-1,800
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Chris De Maci	Busted
Chris McClung	Busted