Monday, July 21, 2014

Event 15 (Day 1A): They Have History

Level 11 (Blinds 500/1,000/100)
Total Day 1A Entries: 103
Day 1A Players Remaining: 37

Viet Le and James Sloat have played a handful of sizable pots against each other today, and it would be Viet who would have the last word on this day.  Sloat would shove his remaining 14,000 over an open from Le, and Viet would make the call:

Sloat: K♠ K       Le: A♣ 3♣

Runout: 22♠ 10♣ A A

Sloat's lead would only strengthen after the flop, but everything would change when Viet hit the ace on the turn, leaving James looking for one of the two kings remaining in the deck.  The river would not bring any help, and James would collect his things and leave the table.  Viet holds the chip lead at the moment with 140,000, but the race looks like it should go down to the final hands for the bonus.