Ayana Massa has eliminated Matthew Bellemare in a two-step process separated by about 5 hands. First up, they both got it in preflop with Ayana holding and Matthew holding ≥ The board ran out clean for the Ace-high: and Matthew was left with just 55K oil his stack.
Matthew was able to fold for a few hands, but before long he was in the bb, and 25K of his remaining stack was given over to the ante and he had just 30K of the 50K bb. Ayana raised utg to 150K, action folded around and that was the end of the action – cards were exposed:
Matthew:
Ayana:
Community cards:
The board again ran out clean for Ace-high and Ayana secured the rest of Matthew’s chips.