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Hand #1: He raised preflop and Tim Phan called. On the flop of
, Phan checked and Wattel bet the pot. Phan folded.Hand #2: Carlos Mortensen raised 360K preflop and Wattel reraised for 1.2M. Mortensen folded.
Wattel pushed his stack to 2.82M.
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Total Entries
639
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 639
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Hand #1: He raised preflop and Tim Phan called. On the flop of
, Phan checked and Wattel bet the pot. Phan folded.Hand #2: Carlos Mortensen raised 360K preflop and Wattel reraised for 1.2M. Mortensen folded.
Wattel pushed his stack to 2.82M.
and was in a race situation against Fischman's 
. The flop was 
, giving the lead to Wattel. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Mike Wattel doubled up to just over 1.8M.
Seat 1. Kirk Morrison - 2 million
Seat 2. Thomas Wahlroos - 4 million
Seat 3. Guy Laliberte - 3.8 million
Seat 4. Carlos Mortensen - 7.3 million
Seat 5. Mike Wattel - 1 million
Seat 6. Scott Fischman - 2.5 million
Seat 7. Paul Lee - 8 million
Seat 8. Tim Phan - 3 million
And, in chip count order:
1. Paul Lee - 8 million
2. Carlos Mortensen - 7.3 million
3. Thomas Wahlroos - 4 million
4. Guy Laliberte - 3.8 million
5. Tim Phan - 3 million
6. Scott Fischman - 2.5 million
7. Kirk Morrison - 2 million
8. Mike Wattel - 1 million
, Paul Lee bets 250,000, Guy Laliberte raises to 850,000, and Lee calls. The turn card is the 
, Lee checks, and Laliberte immediately moves all in for about 2.2 million. Lee thinks for about two minutes before folding.After the hand, Guy Laliberte has 3.56 million in chips, while Paul Lee retains his chip lead with 7.39 million.
Fischman talks about the final table thus far.
Hachem chats about his strategy when playing down to the final six TV tablers.
, and Phan moves all in for 981,000. Wattel thinks for about a minute before saying, "I call." Phan shows
for top pair, and Wattel shows 
for the same pair with a lower kicker. The last two cards are 
, and Phan's hand holds up to win the pot. Phan doubles up to 2,742,000 in chips.
Seat 1. Kirk Morrison - 3,634,000
Seat 2. Thomas Wahlroos - 3,296,000
Seat 3. Guy Laliberte - 3,260,000
Seat 4. Carlos Mortensen - 7,226,000
Seat 5. Mike Wattel - 2,832,000
Seat 6. Scott Fischman - 1,992,000
Seat 7. Paul Lee - 7,761,000
Seat 8. Tim Phan - 1,361,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
. Wahlroos shows , and he's facing elimination if his hand doesn't improve. The flop comes
, and Wahlroos is still looking for a queen. But the turn card is the , and Wahlroos picks up a flush draw. The river card is -- the 
. Wahlroos lets out a huge breath and brings his hands to his head as he survives.
