Event 3: Snell Flops a Set, Busts to Le’s Runner-Runner Flush

Flight A: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 36/126

Bruce Snell, Sr., who final tabled yesterday’s $250 turbo, moved all in for 25,100. It folded all the way around to Hung Le, who final tabled yesterday’s $570, and he called.

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Snell: 8c8h
Le: As4s

Snell was ahead in the hand, but the stacks were close. It was unclear which player was at risk.

The flop fell KsJd8d improving Snell to a set and giving him a stranglehold in the hand. The turn came the 7s. While Snell retained his lead, Le had outs to the flush. As it sometimes does, fifth street with a furry when it reared the 2s improving Le to an ace-high flush. Both players jumped from the table, Le a bit more emphatically than Snell.

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Bruce Snell, Sr. (left) and Hung Le (right) watch as the dealer burns and turns the river
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The 2s falls on the river
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Le finds his chair after a quick celebration

The dealer began to count down Le’s stack, but stopped in his tracks when he hit the 25,100 threshold.

“He’s got him,” the dealer said awarding the pot to Le.

Snell was eliminated from Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampe $350 while Le was able to hang around to try to for another final table run.

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Hung Le – 55,000
Bruce Snell, Sr. – Eliminated