Joel Wadsworth Doubles Thru David Tuthill; Michael Cohen Triples Up

Photo:  Joel Wadsworth

One hand after Joel Wadsworth doubled thru David Tuthill to reach nearly 500K in chips, the UTG+1 player raises to 12,000, and Tuthill moves all in from middle position for 78,000.

Michael Cohen calls all in from the button for 30,000, and Sheik Mohamed moves all in over the top from the small blind for 103,000. The UTG+1 player folds.

Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Sheik Mohamed:  
David Tuthill:  
Michael Cohen:  

The board comes , and Cohen turns a set of sevens to win the main pot and triple up in chips. Tuthill wins the much smaller side pot to finish the hand with 18K more than he started.

Michael Cohen  –  25,000  (6 bb)
David Tuthill  –  96,000  (24 bb)
Sheik Mohamed  –  25,000  (6 bb)

Joel Wadsworth  –  475,000  (119 bb)

Photo:  Michael Cohen finished second in this event for the past two years. Can he make the final table a third year in a row? We’ll find out today.