Event 5: Akbasli Gets Another

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 1,804
Average Stack: 118,000 (29 big blinds)

Ty Akbasli (left) eliminates James Hughs (leaving)
Ty Akbasli (left) eliminates James Hughs (leaving)

The rich get richer and the field gets shorter.

Ty Akbasli was at an early-break table and moved over to the middle of the room, he was getting active not long after unracking his chips.

James Hughs open-shoved under the gun for 35,500 and it folded around the Akbasli in the big blind. He took a minute to think before saying “let’s gamble”.

Hughs was ahead with QdJh against Akbasli’s live 9s8s and stayed that way on the 6c5c2d flop. Akbasli added a gutshot draw and promptly popped it on the 7c turn to leave Hughs drawing dead short of the money.

James Hughs – Eliminated
Ty Akbasli – 510,000 (128 bb)