Lichtenberger Crippled; Then Eliminated
In the first hand, Andrew Lichtenberger opened from the button and was met with an all-in shove by Jason Wheeler in the big blind for just under 400,000. Lichtenberger thought it over and opted to call.
Lichtenberger:
Wheeler:
The board ran out , giving Wheeler the double up with a pair of queens and knocking Lichtenberger down to his last 130,000.
On the very next hand, Joseph Cheong opened from under-the-gun and it was folded around to Lichtenberger in the cutoff, who went all in. It was folded back to Cheong, who called to put Lichtenberger at risk.
Cheong:
Lichtenberger:
The board gave Cheong a winning flush on the river and knocked Lichtenberger out of the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joseph Cheong |
1,250,000
116,000
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116,000 |
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Jason Wheeler |
800,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Andrew Lichtenberger | Busted | |
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