Brendon Rubie Eliminated in 9th Place (AU$10,493)
Brendon Rubie was all in preflop with the , but he ran into the for Yu Kurita. The board ran out , and Rubie was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brendon Rubie | Busted |
Brendon Rubie was all in preflop with the , but he ran into the for Yu Kurita. The board ran out , and Rubie was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brendon Rubie | Busted |
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Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Antonios |
275,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
Steven Zhou |
275,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Michael Tran |
250,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Yu Kurita |
240,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Phil Hellmuth |
165,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Bruno Politano |
105,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Kris Nestorovic |
40,000
-9,100
|
-9,100 |
David Lim |
33,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
David Lim moved all in from the cutoff seat for 21,000, and then Kris Nestorovic reraised all in from the button for around 60,000. Everyone else folded, and it was Lim's up against Nestorovic's .
The board came , and Lim doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Lim |
48,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
Kris Nestorovic | 40,000 |
David Lim raised all in for 36,500 from the button, and Kris Nestorovic called all in from the small blind for 35,500. Lim had the , and Nestorovic had the .
The board gave Nestorovic the winning hand and left Lim with just 1,000 in chips.
Then, Lim was all in on the next hand for 500. Phil Hellmuth limped in from the small blind, and Alexander Antonios raised to 7,500 from the big blind. Antonios' raise knocked Hellmuth out of the pot, as the 13-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner folded, and Lim was left to try and survive against Antonios.
Lim had the , and Antonios had the . The board ran out , and Lim was sent to the rail in eighth place. The remaining seven players will now redraw to one table of seven, and we'll post the seating order and chip counts for you shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Lim | Busted |
Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Steven Zhou | 303,500 |
2 | Phil Hellmuth | 150,000 |
3 | Alexander Antonios | 309,000 |
4 | Michael Tran | 280,000 |
5 | Yu Kurita | 230,000 |
6 | Bruno Politano | 110,000 |
7 | Kris Nestorovic | 77,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Antonios |
309,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
Steven Zhou |
303,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Michael Tran |
280,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Yu Kurita |
230,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Bruno Politano |
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Kris Nestorovic |
77,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
On the first hand of the unofficial final table, Phil Hellmuth opened to 6,500 and Alexander Antonios called next to act to see the dealer spread a flop.
Hellmuth continued for 10,000 and Antonios called as the landed on the turn and Hellmuth tossed in 12,000. Antonios folded and Hellmuth flashed the .
Kris Nestorovic opened his button to 7,000 and Phil Hellmuth three-bet the big blind to 17,000.
Nestorovic deliberated for a few moments before moving all in for roughly 75,000 to force a fold from Hellmuth.
From under the gun, Bruno Politano opened to 7,000 and Yu Kurita called in the big blind to see a flop fall.
Kurita bet out 9,000 and Politano raised to 23,500 with Kurita calling. The and on the turn and river went check, check with Politano tabling his .
However, it would be Kurita's for a straight that would see her collect the pot.