Goodbye, World
A severly short-stacked John Hennigan was all in for his last 300 chips. Lyle Berman raised pre-flop, passing the action to Eli Elezra.
"Lyle wants to protect you," Elezra said to Hennigan. "I will re-protect you." He three-bet and Berman called. Berman check-called one bet on a flop of
. Both players checked when the board paired on the turn,
. Berman checked a third time on the river
, prompting Elezra to bet. Berman called and found himself quartered. He and Elezra had the same pair of sevens for high, but Elezra's low with
was better than Berman's with
. Hennigan's
got nothing from the main pot.
"Maybe if I had a straight third..." Hennigan said to John Juanda before departing.