David Valdez Eliminated in 10th Place by John Hadley

Mar 14, 2017

David Valdez

David Valdez (pictured) raises from the cutoff to 50,000, and John Hadley calls from the small blind. The flop comes Spade JClub 10Spade 9, Hadley checks, Valdez bets 80,000, and Hadley check-raises to 180,000.

Valdez three-bets all in for about 400,000, and Hadley calls with Club KDiamond Q for a flopped king-high straight. Valdez turns over Diamond 10Heart 9 for bottom two pair, and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the Heart K, giving Valdez outs to a chop, but the river card is the Spade 8, and Hadley wins the pot with his straight to eliminate Valdez in 10th place.

John Hadley  –  2,400,000  (120 bb)
David Valdez  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($22,914)

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