Hecklen Out, Watson Builds on His Lead
Level 17
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
With a $250,000 money bubble looming, the action had nearly ground to a halt over the last 20 minutes. However, Henrik Hecklen finally found a spot to get his stack in the middle with 
. Unfortunately for Hecklen, Mike Watson managed to out-flop him with 
when the flop came 
.
Hecklen was unable to improve on the 
turn or the 
river and was bounced from the tournament just shy of the money while Watson increased his lead to more than 3,000,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000 | 700,000 |
|
Busted |