PLO Shootout A: Norway Eliminated by Malaysia; USA Doubles Thru Singapore; Final Four Update

Sep 20, 2018

With five players remaining in PLO Shootout A, Markus Garberg (Norway) moves all in from the small blind with a very short stack, and Victor Chong (Malaysia) calls from the big blind. Here are their cards:

Victor Chong:  Diamond ADiamond 6Club 6Diamond 5
Markus Garberg:  Heart AHeart QSpade QSpade 8

The board comes Heart KClub 4Spade 3Diamond 2Club 8, and Chong turns a six-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Garberg.

Victor Chong  –  28,500
Markus Garberg  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  (12 pts)

The next hand, Calvin Tan (Singapore) moves all in under the gun for about 20,000, and Dylan Wilkerson (USA) calls all in from the big blind for 12,500. Here are their cards:

Calvin Tan:  Spade AHeart ADiamond KClub 3
Dylan Wilkerson:  Heart KDiamond 7Club 5Spade 4

The board comes Club QClub 4Diamond 4Heart 5Diamond 2 — Tran rivers a five-high straight, but Wilkerson quickly points out her turned a full house, fours full of fives. Wilkerson doubles up.

Here are the updated chip counts after the hand, followed by the points to be earned and eliminated players:

Seat 1.  Dylan Wilkerson (USA)  –  14,000  (5 bb)
Seat 2.  Calvin Tan (Singapore)  –  6,000  (2 bb)
Seat 3.  Leon Li-ta Hsu (Taiwan SAR)  –  88,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Victor Chong (Malaysia)  –  28,500  (10 bb)

1st:  20 pts
2nd:  18 pts
3rd:  16 pts
4th:  14 pts
5th:  Markus Garberg (Norway)  –  12 pts
6th:  Sam Razavi (UK)  –  11 pts
7th:  Guoliang Wei (China)  –  10 pts
8th:  Martijn Gerrits (Netherlands)  –  9 pts
9th:  Danny Tang (Hong Kong SAR)  –  8 pts
10th:  Paul Hockin (New Zealand)  –  7 pts
11th:  Takumi Samejima (Japan)  –  6 pts
12th:  Martin Shlemon (Australia)  –  5 pts
13th:  Daniel Lee (Korea)  –  4 pts
14th:  Kunal Patni (India)  –  3 pts

Note:  These points won’t be added into the Chip Counts tab until this shootout is complete.

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