The WPT Warm-up has had its first player eliminated for the day and it was pretty spectacular.
We arrived at the table to see a flop of and Lonnie Hallett, in Seat 5 and early position in the hand, had put Chi Tsun Chan (button) to a decision whether to call Lonnie’s reraise from 15K to 35K.
Chi Tsun Chan did call and the dealer dealt the turn: . Lonnie thought for a few seconds and bet his whole stack. Chi Tsun Chan didn’t have to think about it for long: “Call”.
When the cards were flipped over, there was no doubt. Lonnie turned over for the turned straight and a re-draw to a flush – while all Chi Tsun Chan could counter with was . He was drawing dead, and the insignificant river gave Lonnie the pot – and all of his opponents chips.
Since then, there have been a few other eliminations and the tournament is down to 63 players.