Event 19: Pocket Aces Propel Phil Hui Into the Lead Over Lazaro Rodriguez

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 86

Phil Hui
Phil Hui

After Phil Hui was knocked down to 116,000, the game switched to Hold’em, and in that first hand, Lazaro Rodriguez limped for 30,000, and Phil Hui checked his option.

The flop came 9s7c3d, Hui checked, Rodriguez bet 30,000, Hui check-raised to 60,000, and Rodriguez called.

The turn card was the 5c, Hui moved all in for 26,000, and Rodriguez called with 6d3h for a pair of threes with a double-gutshot straight draw.

Hui turned over 9d3c for two pair, nines and threes, and needed his handt o hold to stay alive.

The river card was the Kh, and Hui won the pot to double up in chips.

Phil Hui  –  232,000  (4 BB)
Lazaro Rodriguez  –  1,054,000  (18 BB)


Hui took the next pot on the flop, and then bet every street on the next hand on a board of 8c7h2c7cAd. Rodriguez folded, and Hui took his third pot in a row to reach 412,000.

Phil Hui  –  412,000  (7 BB)
Lazaro Rodriguez  –  874,000  (15 BB)

A few hands later, Rodriguez limped for 30,000, Hui raised to 60,000, and Rodriguez called.

The flop came 10c7c3d, Hui bet 30,000, Rodriguez raised to 60,000, and Hui called.

The turn card paired the board with the 7h, Hui checked, Rodriguez bet 60,000, and Hui check-raised to 120,000. Rodriguez called.

The river card was the Jd, Hui bet 60,000, and Rodriguez thought for a while before he called. Hui showed AdAc to win the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, and Rodriguez mucked.

That pot pushed Hui into the chip lead.

Phil Hui  –  725,000  (12 BB)
Lazaro Rodriguez  –  560,000  (9 BB)


Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $14,460 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $8,805