Mau Le Ho Tran and Sammy Popatia just waged a preflop raising war that saw Tran get it in with the best – but nevertheless ended up out of the tournament in 8th place.
Sammy opened the action to 42K utg and it folded around to Tran in the bb who raised to 120K. Sammy then re-raised all-in and found a call from Tran.
Sammy: 
Tran: 
Right away the writing was on the wall for Tran on the flop of 
, although Sammy still had to get all the way there – 2/3s wasn’t enough. The 
on the turn was enough, and the 
on the river just twisted the blade a little.
8th place: Mau Le Ho Tran, $6,590
Mau Le Ho Tran
