#507 - London 2008 #14 - Million Pound Challenge - Maria Langstrom Busts in Third Place

Maria Langstrom, who rebounded from a short stack with active play, just busted in third place. She and Adam Noone got all-in preflop with Maria holding Ad-3d and Adam with pocket nines. Langstrom had a gutshot draw and an overcard after the flop and added a flush draw after the turn but failed to hit. Left with just 3 chips - 3,000 - she was all-in with queen-high on the next hand. Both her opponents saw the flop and Noone, hitting an ten on a ten-high board, bet Jay Darbar out and his pair of tens held up.

Maria played great and a lot of people are disappointed she didn’t make it all the way. Although she was, a few days ago, just one of the thousands of Full Tilt players who tried to make it into this event, she showed so much nerve and poise that it would be nice to see her out on the tournament circuit in the near future, hopefully going deep.

Heads-up will soon commence between Adam Noone and Jay Darbar. Adam has the chip lead but Jay isn’t too far behind.