Hughes Eliminated in Two Hands

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Ryan Hughes (picture from a previous event)

On the first hand, Mike Schneider raised from the button and Ryan Hughes three-bet from the small blind. Schneider made the call and the flop fell . Hughes bet and Schneider called once more.

The turn was the and brought the same action. On the river , Hughes fired a last bet and got called by Schneider holding . Hughes, with , was dominated and fell to a stack of 14,000.

In the hand right after, Hughes raised from the button and got called by Won Lee in the big blind. The flop came and Lee check-called Hughes's bet for his last 4,500. Lee turned over for a flopped straight and Hughes, holding , was in desperate shape for a double-up. The turn and river didn't change anything and Hughes made his way to the exit.