Tony Cousineau Eliminated

After a flop of [10c7s6s], Tony Cousineau bets 4,400 from late position, and the button calls. The turn card pairs the board with the [7c], and Cousineau appears to move all in, and the button calls with [9c9d] (pair of nines, gutshot straight draw). 

Cousineau turns over [JcJd], and he is a big favorite to double up here. But the river card is the [8h], giving his opponent a ten-high straight to win the pot. 

Cousineau seems to have busted, but he still has a single 100 chip left behind — a single ante. 

Tony Cousineau  –  100  (0.125 bb)


The next hand, Cousineau is forced all in. Rusty Moorer raises from late position to 2,100, and Ben Klier reraises from the small blind to 6,100. Moorer thinks for a bit before saying that he’ll give it to Klier this time. Moorer folds, and Klier takes the side pot. 

Klier shows [JhJs], and Cousineau looks at his cards for the first time to discover [9h6c]. Playing a pot for nothing but the antes and being dominated like this is pretty much the worst-case scenario for a player to be in. Which means if he could come back to win this tournament, it would be one of the greatest comebacks of all time. (Spoiler alert: That doesn’t happen.)

The flop comes [10h8s7h], and Klier does a double-take as he realizes that Cousineau flopped a ten-high straight. But the turn is the [3h], the river is the [6h], and Klier wins the pot with a higher heart flush. 

Ben Klier  –  148,000
Tony Cousineau  –  Eliminated