Back in the Action
Everyone has taken their seats and and the cards are back in the air.
Everyone has taken their seats and and the cards are back in the air.
Here are the seating assignments for the final two tables:
Feature Table
Seat 1- Phil Hellmuth
Seat 2- Max Steinberg
Seat 3- Scott Vener
Seat 4- David Aue
Seat 5- Keith Lehr
Seat 6- James Andersen
Seat 7- Jose Gatmaitan
Seat 8- Kevin Howe
Seat 9- Daniel Wjuniski
Table 320
Seat 1- David Frazier
Seat 2- Saar Wilf
Seat 3- Devin Looney
Seat 4- Josh Brikis
Seat 5- Pascal LeFrancois
Seat 6- Kurt Disessa
Seat 7- Darin Utley
Seat 8- Jared Michellizza
Seat 9- Matthew Ezrol
The money went all in after a flop of . David Frazier was the player at risk holding . He was up against Darin Utley who was holding .
The turn was the and the river brought the , eliminating Frazier.
Phil Hellmuth was ranting about Max Steinberg who had just taken a pot from him with . The dealer quickly swept in the board so we weren't able to get the action, but Hellmuth was clearly frustrated. "It's a miracle you're still here," Hellmuth vented.
Hellmuth was left with about 135,000 after the hand, which is well below the chip average.
Jared Michelizzi made it 55,000 to go before Pascal LeFrancois bumped it up to 150,000. Michelizzi then moved all in and LeFrancois made the call.
Michelizzi:
LeFrancois:
The board ran out and Michelizzi hit the rail.
Lefrancois is sitting with around 2 million in chips.
On a flop of Saar Wilf made it 75,000 from late position only to see Devin Looney move all in from the cutoff. Wilf made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Wilf showed and was ahead of Looney's .
The turn brought the and the river the and Looney made the walk over to the payout desk to collect his $20,257, while Wilf stacked his chips. Wilf is up to 1.8 million now.
Action folded to Hellmuth on the button and he pushed all in for his remaining 80,000. The small blind folded and Scott Vener contemplated making the call.
The cameras were rolling and the rail was packed when Vener put in the chips and the two flipped up their cards:
Hellmuth:
Vener:
The flop was no help to Hellmuth when it came down . All eyes were glued to the overhead monitor when the hit the turn. Hellmuth was down to one card for his tournament life. His attempt at a record 12th bracelet would only continue with a nine or queen on the river.
The dealer burned and revealed the . Hellmuth was eliminated from the tournament in 15th place. The spectators clapped in recognition of Hellmuth's deep run in yet another no-limit hold'em tournament.
Jose Gatmaitan was all in and in bad shape against Scott Vener's . Gatmaitan, who held , was in even worse shape when the flop came .
The on the turn gave Gatmaitan a straight and sent gasps throughout the corner of the Amazon Room. The on the river ensured Gaitmaitan doubled to around 618,000. Meanwhile, Vener dropped to 275,000.
From early position, Keith Lehr made it 43,000 to go. Pascal LeFrancois moved all-in from the small blind and Lehr snap-called putting himself at risk.
Lehr tabled and LeFrancois showed .
The board rolled out and although both players had a straight, LeFrancois was the player with the bigger one, sending Lehr to the rail.
Matthew Ezrol was all in for his last 300,000 with against Pascal LeFrancois, who held
The board ran out and Ezrol doubled to 600,000.