With only about 60,000 chips remaining, Bob Beveridge and Marcel Luske got into a raising war in order to get all of Beveridge's chips in the middle.
Luske: () () ()
Beveridge: () () ()
Marcel was able to scoop the entire pot and eliminate Beveridge in 8th place. When he shook Beveridge's hand, Luske commented "Pleasure to knock you out, sir," and they both smiled.
Beveridge will earn just under $37,000 for his efforts.
For the third pot in a row, Marcel Luske has found himself all in and come out alive.
In the latest installment, he was heads-up against Sebastian Ruthenberg, and was all in on sixth street. When all the cards were dealt, here's how they looked.
Ruthenberg: ( )
Luske: ( )
Luske scoops up the pot with his full house, as neither player makes a low. With this latest double up, Luske has clawed back close to 300,000 chips.
Steve Sung was the bring in, and the three players above all called the bet. On fourth street, Ferguson bet, and Beveridge, Luske, and Sung all called.
On fifth, Ferguson bet again, Beveridge and Luske called, and Sung folded.
On sixth street, Ferguson again led out and both remaining players called. Luske's call put him all in and at risk. Ferguson bet again on seventh street, and Beveridge made the call.
Ferguson:
Beveridge: MUCK
Luske:
After Ferguson flipped over his pair of fives, Luske said, "I got a low. I changed my mind." His six-five low wins him half the pot, and chips him up a little bit further.
Marcel Luske: (X) (X) (X)
Chris Ferguson: (X) (X) (X)
Luske bet each street and his last chips went in on sixth. Luske didn't want to sweat his last card and just flipped it over right away, an . This gave him aces and fives. Ferguson held () () and would need to make a low in order to scoop half the pot. But he rolled over another six and couldn't do it.
Marcel scooped the entire pot and doubled back to 150,000.
Steve Sung: (X) (X) (X)
Sebastian Ruthenberg: (X) (X) (X)
Bob Beveridge: (X) (X) (X)
Sung brought in, Ruthenberg called, Beveridge raised it up. Both Sung and Ruthenberg called. On fourth and all the remaining streets, Ruthenberg bet and Sung and Beveridge called. It wasn't an easy call for Sung, as he tanked for a while on seventh before making the final call. If he lost this hand, he would have about 15,000 left.
Bob Lauria began today on the short stack, but he is working in the right direction. On the second hand of the day, he tripled up in a three-way showdown. Shortly thereafter, he and Marcel Luske got into a pot. They traded bets all the way to seventh street. On the final card, Lauria moved all in for his last 12,000, and Luske let his hand go. Lauria showed trip aces, and nearly doubled up again. He has chipped up from 40,000 to 270,000 in just a matter of minutes.