Tharmalingam Makes Full House and Busts Two Players
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Valerii Lubenets, Ajith Tharmalingam and Alioto Piero were all in preflop in a three way confrontation, with both Lubenets and Piero at risk.
Valerii Lubenets: Q?J?
Alioto Piero: 10?10?
Ajith Tharmalingam: 5?5?
Piero had the best of it with pocket tens and Lubenets had queen-jack. Tharmalingam had pocket fives and was in bad shape before the board ran out.
The board came 5?2?9?Q?Q?. Lubenets hit trip queens, but Tharmalingam hit a full house with fives full of queens to triple up his stack.
Both Lubenets and Piero were eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |