Event 13: Hunter Cichy Out 9th; Stewart Newman Out 8th

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21:  5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Hunter Cichy was eliminated in ninth place when his 7-7 couldn’t overcome the Q-Q of Jorge Cuesta.

Jorge Cuesta  –  245,000  (25 bb)
Hunter Cichy  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,453)

Stewart Newman
8th-Place Finisher Stewart Newman

A short while later, Stewart Newman got it all in from middle position with KhKd, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the AcKc of Jewook Oh.

The board came QhJh2h8sAd — Newman’s hand strengthened with a flopped flush draw, but Oh paired his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Newman in eighth place.

Jewook Oh  –  350,000  (35 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($3,270)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 185,000 (19 big blinds).