Le’s runner-runner dooms Kelly (12th place – $9,400)


Postflop 4 7 9 Nam Le tried to scare off Daniel Kelly by betting a huge one that covered his opponent. Kelly with just a hundred behind decided to call and was on showdown for his tournament life.

Le: K 8
Kelly: A Q

Kelly’s in good hands with his big chick but needed to avoid a king or eight to survive. No king or eight on the turn J but it did give Le additional outs. And again, no king or eight on the river but indeed it was one of the additional outs when the dealer tabled 10 completing Le’s runner-runner straight!

Le jumps over the field now with over 660,000 while Kelly’s tournament is done. The latter goes home with $9,400.