Steffen Sontheimer Eliminated By Phil Hellmuth
Level 8
: 2,000/4,000, 3,000 ante
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know that Steffen Sontheimer got his stack of 77,000 all in against Phil Hellmuth, who barely had him covered with a stack of 89,500.
Sontheimer: 
Hellmuth: 
Sontheimer was in desperate need of an eight, but he was left wanting after the board ran out 
.
Registration is open for another hour, so there's a chance we see Sontheimer again if he opts to exercise his single re-entry option.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
167,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
, Alan Schein bet 10,000 under the gun and Jason Koon called from the cutoff.
turn, and again Koon called. When the 
completed the board on the river, Schein bet a final 10,000, but this time Koon moved all in for 51,000 total.
. It was no good as Koon had gone runner-runner flush with the 
.
, which they all checked.
river and Lehr tabled the 
for a straight.
