Ali Reza Fatehi Eliminated by Jeffrey Cormier

Jan 10, 2018

Shinobu Tanaka and Jeffrey Cormier recently registered for Day 1a and were immediately involved in the action on neighboring tables.

On the three-way flop of Heart QClub 7Spade 4, Ali Reza Fatehi checked and so did Bulent Belek in the cutoff. Jeffrey Cormier bet 2,650 on the button and was the only one to call Fatehi’s check-raise to 7,600.

After the Club A turn, Fatehi moved all in for approximately 17,000 only to see Cormier snap-call with the Heart 7Diamond 7 for a set. Fatehi had two outs, holding the Heart 8Diamond 8 himself, and failed to get there with a blank Spade Q on the river.

At the same time, Tanaka faced Robert Heidorn and the latter check-called a bet of 3,200 on the Spade ADiamond 8Club 6Spade 4 turn. Heidorn also checked the Spade 10 river and folded to another bet of Tanaka.

Jeffrey Cormier – 55,000
Shinobu Tanaka – 36,000
Robert Heidorn – 65,000
Bulent Belek – 50,000
Ali Reza Fatehi – Eliminated

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