02-17-2010 16:23 UTC-12

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 2nd Place ($22,000)

donpeters

Hellmuth misses out

Phil Hellmuth limped the button with the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

. Daniel Negreanu raised the big blind with the {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{A-Clubs}

to 180,000. Hellmuth moved all in and Negreanu snapped him off.

The flop came down {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{4-Diamonds}

{3-Spades}

and Hellmuth didn't like it. JC Tran was standing right next to the table awaiting his fate as well.

The turn was the {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

and that was it for Hellmuth. He was drawing dead as the {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

completed the board on the river.

Hellmuth finished in second place and earned his best finish at this year's Premier League, but those 11 points only gave him 19 overall. That's not going to be good enough to put him in the top eight and he was sent home. He did get $22,000 for this finish to add to his pocket.

Tran gave Negreanu a hug and thanked him for winning because now he too is through to the next round.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu JC Tran Phil Hellmuth