Jerry Li usually has four cards in front of him when he gets his winner’s photo taken, as he’s a ring and bracelet winner in pot limit Omaha. But he can play the game with two cards pretty well, too, as evidenced by his win in the 6-Max tonight.
While he battled a bit with runner-up Eric Wasylenko late in the game, Li was the chip leader for most of the endgame tonight. It was only when play got three ways that Wasylenko took the lead for a bit, but whether he was leader or short, Li was dialed into the game with his usual aggression.
After Wasylenko sent Ramaz Haymour home in 3rd place, Li found his top gear. He took two huge pots heads up by flopping the goods, and that gave him a big chip lead. In the final hand, he called off a shove from Wasy for a race with his ace-five over the ducks for Wasylenko.
The 7♠9♣7♠7♦A♥ was looking great for Wasy to boat up for the double until Li found a bigger boat on the river with the ace of hearts. This will be Li’s 10th live poker win, but only his 3rd with two cards. The win should push his lifetime earnings well over $830k.
