Phil Hellmuth has been taking advantage of his table. Action is seven-handed with 14 players remaining. With over 1M in chips, Hellmuth has taken over the role of the aggressor picking up pots pre-flop with timely raises. He has increased his stack to 1.09M and is the chipleader.
Taylor Douglas doubled through Andy Philachack. He moved all in with and Philachack called with . The flop was and Douglas took the lead. The turn was the and the river was the . Douglas increased his stack to over 600K.
Mich Dumas moved all in with a short stack and was called by David Simon. Dumas showed and Simon flipped over . The flop was and Simon flopped a straight. The turn was the and the river was the . Dumas busted out in 14th place.
Jay Royer pushed all in with and was called by David Simon's . The flop was the . The turn was the and the river was the . Royer's trips were good enough to double up.
In the largest pot of the tournament, there was a three-way all in.
Rick Fuller:
Matthew LaGarde:
Ulises Roman:
Fuller took the lead on the flop of . The turn was the and the river was the . The tournament director came over to count out all of the stacks. Fuller had both players covered. He increased his stack to 1.4M.
Roman finished in 13th place and won $27,980. Matthew LaGarde finished in 12th place and won $31,568.
There are 11 players remaining. Rick Fuller is the chip leader with about 1.4M after busting two players on the same hand. Phil Hellmuth has over 1M while Scott Clements has been hovering around 1M over the last hour.
We are two more eliminations away from a final table. Action will end when two more players bust out.