Keith Morrow Eliminated by New Chipleader Cong Pham (900K)

Jan 21, 2018

Cong Pham
Photo:  Cong Pham

Cong Pham raises under the gun to 7,000, Keith Morrow reraises from middle position to 19,500, and Pham calls.

The flop comes Spade 8Heart 8Heart 4, Pham checks, Morrow bets 14,000, and Pham calls.

The turn card is the Spade 6, Pham checks, Morrow bets 24,500, and Pham check-raises to 64,000. Morrow moves all in for about 260,000, and Pham snap-calls with Heart 6Diamond 6 for a full house, sixes full of eights. Morrow shows Spade QDiamond Q, and he needs a queen or an eight on the river to stay alive.

The river card is the Club K, and Pham wins the pot with his full house to eliminate Morrow and catapult to a massive chip lead with about 900,000 in chips.

Cong Pham  –  900,000  (300 bb)
Keith Morrow  –  Eliminated

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