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 |
.
turn and Dvoress checked back.
river completed the board and Haxton used a time bank before announcing a bet of 640,000 with about half of that in the pot. Dvoress laid it down.
and both players checked through to the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
for ten-high while Haxton held 
and Watson checked back. Pardo checked again on the 
turn and Watson again checked back.
, but it was no good against the Canadian's 
.
in a blind versus blind confrontation that saw the board run out 
.
to mark his elimination.
on the river.
for two pair and Chidwick was left with just 35,000 chips after the hand.