Sternheimer Death Spiral Reaches Fatal Conclusion
Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Philip Sternheimer quickly amassed the biggest stack of the tournament, but he lost it just as quickly and is now out of the event.
The fatal blow occurred when he got his in stack of around 515,000, which a short time earlier had been at over a million, in a heads-up pot against new chip leader Andrew Lichtenberger.
Philip Sternheimer: Q♦Q♠ 
Andrew Lichtenberger: A♣K♦
The flop of 7♣4♣8♣ increased Lichtenberger's outs, and the A♠ turn all but sealed it as the 5♠ river marked Sternheimer's elimination.
Not long later, Joao Simao was eliminated by Chad Eveslage at another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,300,000
575,000
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575,000 |
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850,000
450,000
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450,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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