In the cutoff, Philip Hilm bets 54,000 and Dario Minieri calls in the small blind. On the flop, Minieri checks. Hilm bets 75,000 and Minieri raises to 200,000. Hilm reraises all in for 800,000 and Minieri folds. He's down to 1,400,000 and Hilm has 1,000,000.
Ed Betlow's Main Event just came to an end when he took his up against the of Ryan Elson. The money went in preflop and it was Betlow's tournament life on the line. Both men paired their kickers as the board came but it was Elson's pair of queens that earned him the pot. Ed Betlow was eliminated and Ryan Elson is hovering near the 2,000,000 chip mark.
Berry Johnston limps in the small blind and Jeff Tunkel bets 50,000 in the big blind. Johnston calls. On the flop, Johnston is all in for his last 150,000 and Tunkel calls, showing for top pair. Johnston has just and is out.
Rep Porter raises to 50,000 and is reraised to 100,000 by Roy Winston. Team PokerNews player Ed De Haas moves all in for a total of 800,000 behind them. Both players have close to two million in chips. Rep Porter goes into the tank for a long time and eventually folds. Winston goes into the tank for an even longer time, and the clock is eventually called. With only seconds remaining, he folds.
Ed De Haas takes it down and is back up to just over a million in chips.
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Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem