Ho Triples, Fohrenbach Survives, Ross Suffers
Nivel 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
From the button, Maria Ho pushed her last 355,000 into the pot only to have Ricky Fohrenbach three-bet shove from the small blind for 750,000.
Chip leader Thomas Ross went deep into the tank contemplating a decision before suddenly announcing a call.
Ho:
Fohrenbach:
Ross:
With Ross in the lead and holding the chips to potentially send two players to the rail and the final nine to the final table, the saw his lead slip as Ho took soared ahead with top and bottom two pair.
The turn of the furthered Ho's lead, and when the completed the board, Ho soared with the triple to over 1.1 million as Fohrenbach pushed out to 790,000.