6-Max Shootout C: Martin Shlemon (Australia) Eliminated in 4th Place by Vincent Kwun Ngai Li (Hong Kong SAR)

Sep 20, 2018

Vincent Kwun Ngai Li - Team Hong Kong SAR
Photo:  Vincent Kwun Ngai Li of Team Hong Kong SAR

With four players remaining in Shootout C, and the flop showing Spade QSpade 7Club 4, Vincent Kwun Ngai Li (Team Hong Kong SAR) moves all in from the button for 22,200, and Martin Shlemon tanks for a while before he calls with a slightly smaller stack and shows Diamond KDiamond Q for a pair of queens.

But Li turns over Heart AClub A, and Shlemon needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the Club J, the river is the Heart 3, and Li wins the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Shlemon in fourth place.

Martin Shlemon  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  (14 points)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the final three players in Shootout C, followed by the points awarded:

Seat 1.  Vincent Kwun Ngai Li  –  60,000  (75 bb)
Seat 2.  Sam Panzica  –  16,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3.  Takumi Samejima (Japan)  –  60,000  (75 bb)

1st:  20 pts
2nd:  18 pts
3rd:  16 pts
4th:  Martin Shlemon (Australia)  –  14 pts
5th:  Guoliang Wei (China)  –  12 pts
6th:  Markus Garberg (Norway)  –  11 pts
7th:  Nick Woodward (UK)  –  10 pts
8th:  Daniel Lee (Korea)  –  9 pts
9th:  Amit Jain (India)  –  8 pts
10th:  Pete Chen (Taiwan SAR)  –  7 pts
11th:  Michael Soyza (Malaysia)  –  6 pts
12th:  Thomas Ward (New Zealand)  –  5 pts
13th:  Martijn Gerrits (Netherlands)  –  4 pts
14th:  Calvin Tan (Singapore)  –  3 pts

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