Hands #81-85: Seven Players Left, Playing Down to Six

Hand #81  –  Ami Alibay raises from the hijack to 350,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Hand #82  –  Maria Ho raises from the cutoff to 325,000, Chad Eveslage calls from the button, and Jerry Wong calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Wong checks, and Ho bets 400,000. Eveslage calls, and Wong folds. The turn card is the , Ho checks, Eveslage bets 700,000, and Ho thinks for a while before she calls.

The river card is the , and both players check. Ho shows to win the pot, and Eveslage mucks.

Maria Ho  –  12,800,000  (85 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  3,725,000  (25 bb)

Hand #83  –  James Carroll raises UTG+1 to 350,000, Jerry Wong moves all in from the small blind for about 3.5 million, and Carroll folds. Wong takes the pot.

Jerry Wong  –  4,175,000  (28 bb)

Hand #84  –  Maria Ho raises UTG+1 to 325,000, and Ami Alibay calls from the big blind. Both players check to the river on a board of , Alibay bets 300,000, and Ho quickly calls. Alibay shows to win the pot, and Ho mucks.

Hand #85  –  Maria Ho raises UTG+1 to 325,000, Ami Alibay calls from the small blind, and James Carroll reraises from the big blind to 1,250,000. Ho and Alibay both fold, and Carroll takes the pot.

James Carroll  –  19,300,000  (129 bb)