Ben Yu Eliminated in 7th Place ($31,264)
Hand #79: With a dead small blind, Brian Aleksa raised from the button and Todd Witteles three-bet from the big blind. Aleksa called, the flop fell ![]()
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and Witteles bet. Aleksa called, the
turned and this time Witteles checked. Aleksa took the opportunity to bet and Witteles folded.
Hand #80: Witteles raised from the small blind and Ben Yu called from the big. Witteles wasted little time in betting the ![]()
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flop, Yu raised and Witteles three-bet. Yu got the rest of his stack in the middle and discovered the bad news.
Yu: ![]()
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Witteles: ![]()
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Witteles held top pair while Yu was on a gutshot straight draw. Neither the
turn nor
river changed a thing and Yu was eliminated in seventh place. Not too shabby considering he began the day on the second shortest stack.