Chipleader Ting Ho Knocks Out a Player to Reach ~285K

Photo:  Chipleader Ting Ho has already added a substantial amount to her stack during this first level.

After a flop of , Ting Ho checks from the small blind, Jamie Armstrong checks the big blind, and a player in middle position bets 3,800. The player in the cutoff raises to 11,500, and Ho check-raises to 25,000. Armstrong quickly folds.

The player in middle position moves all in for about 70,000, and Ho rather quickly calls out of turn, about to turn over her cards when someone points out that the cutoff hasn’t acted yet. Ho pulls her bet back, and the cutoff goes into the tank.

The cutoff has about 20,000 left behind, and he tanks for a long time, mostly eyeing Ho, as if she’s the one he’s worried about. The cutoff eventually folds.

Ho calls again, and shows for a set of sixes. The player in middle position turns over for a diamond flush draw, and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Ho wins the pot with her set of sixes to eliminate her opponent and cross the 300,000 mark in chips.

Ting Ho – 285,000 (356 bb)

After the hand, the cutoff says that he folded two pair, and he thought Ho might have had a pair of queens with a flush draw.