Hands #64-69: Straight-over-Straight for Maria Ho
Apr 16, 2019
Hand #64: Eric Afriat limps the button and Ami Alibay calls from the small blind. James Carroll raises to 700,000 from the big blind and both Afriat and Alibay fold.
Hand #65: Ami Alibay raises to 250,000 from the button and Maria Ho calls in the big blind. The flop lands 
and Ho check-calls a bet of 150,000. The turn is the 
and Ho check-calls a bet of 450,000.
The river is the 
and Ho checks a third time. Alibay bets 750,000, and Ho quickly calls. Alibay tables his 
for a wheel, but Ho reveals his 
for the nut straight to take the pot and hold the current chip lead.
Maria Ho – 14,800,000
Ami Alibay – 5,375,000
Hand #66: Maria Ho limps the small blind and Chad Eveslage checks his option in the big blind. Ho bets out 125,00 on the 
flop and Eveslage calls as the turn lands the .
Ho bets 425,000 and Eveslage calls as the 
falls on the river. Ho checks, Eveslage bets 750,000, and Ho folds.
Hand #67: Ami Alibay limps the hijack and James Carrol raises to 400,000 from the cutoff. Alibay calls, and then check-folds to a 350,000-chip bet from Carroll on the 
flop.
Hand #68: James Carroll raises to 275,000 in the hijack and Jerry Wong calls in the big blind. The flop lands 
and Wong check-folds to a bet of 225,000.
Hand #69: Maria Ho raises to 275,000 in the hijack and both Chad Eveslage and Eric Afriat call from the cutoff and big blind respectively.
The flop lands 
and Eveslage bets 350,000. Afriat check-raises to 850,000, and once Ho folds, Eveslage folds also. Afriat shows his as players head on a 15-minute break.
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