Mark Ericksen Eliminated by De Kun Li; Li Up to 655,000

Photo:  Mark Ericksen

Mark Ericksen min-raises under the gun to 8,000, Hasian Hyde calls from middle position, and De Kun Li reraises from the button to 31,000. Ericksen calls, and Hyde thinks for a bit before he folds.

The flop comes , Ericksen checks, Li bets 30,000, and Ericksen calls.

The turn card is the , Ericksen checks, Li moves all in, and Ericksen quickly calls all in for about 130,000 with for a pair of aces.

But Li turns over for a set of aces, and Ericksen is drawing dead.

The meaningless river card is the , and Li wins the pot with his set of aces to eliminate Ericksen from the tournament.

De Kun Li  –  655,000  (164 bb)
Hasian Hyde  –  178,000  (45 bb)
Mark Ericksen  –  Eliminated

After the hand, Hyde tells the table he folded pocket eights, but didn’t want to play them out of position. He tells Li that if Li had raised a little less (maybe to 20K), Hyde would have called to see the flop and lost his entire stack.

Photo:  De Kun Li