Lee Watkinson
At the Featured Table, Lee Watkinson raises under the gun to 250,000, Philip Hilm calls from middle position, Scott Freeman calls from the small blind, and Slezak calls from the big blind. There is already 1.08 million in the pot.
The flop comes , Freeman checks, Slezak checks, Watkinson bets 800,000, and everyone folds. Lee Watkinson takes the pot.
Scotty Nguyen raised to 220K from early position and Jon Kalmar re-raised to 600K from the cutoff. And then, from the big blind, Farry moved all-in for his last 2.8 million. Nguyen folded, Kalmar folded, and Farry scooped up a big pile of chips.
"If I knew you'd fold, I was calling," Scotty said to Kalmar.
"If you called, I was calling," Kalmar answered. And that's when Scotty said he folded pocket Queens.
At the Featured Table, Philip Hilm raises under the gun to 240,000, and Hevad 'Rain' Khan calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Khan checks, Hilm bets 350,000, and Khan folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot.
Dr. Roy Winston
Roy Winston, who was just eliminated from the Main Event, earned $333,490 for his finish. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, he currently resides in California and works as a plastic surgeon. Winston and his business partner Scott (who was here cheering him on today) have five offices, their flagship located in Palm Springs, where they specialize in hair removal, tattoo removal and Botox.
This was Winston's second year in the WSOP and by far his deepest finish.
Raymond Rahme raised to 380,000 from the cutoff, Alex Kravchenko moved all in for 700,000 from the button, Bill Edler re-raised to 1.5 million from the big blind and Rahme folded. Edler turned up and found himself way behind Kravchenko's . The flop was , no help for Edler, and the on the turn sealed victory for Kravchenko. The river was the meaningless , and Kravchenko doubled up to 1.95 million.
Philip Hilm
On the Featured Table, Bob Slezak raises from late position to 250,000, and Philip Hilm calls from the small blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , and they check again. The river card is the , Hilm bets 380,000, and Slezak calls.
Hilm shows for two pair, queens and jacks, and Slezak mucks. Philip Hilm wins the pot.
Ryan Elson
Elson and Jon Kalmar checked a flop of , and when the hit on the turn Kalmar check-called a 200K bet from Elson. The fell on the river and when Elson checked, Kalmar bet 400,000.
Elson asked, "You hit that Ace?"
Kalmar replied, "You missed your flush?"
Elson announced he was all-in and Kalmar insta-called. Elson held for trip Eights but Kalmar had a straight with , and that was enough to knock out Elson.
At the Featured Table, Philip Hilm raises from the cutoff to 240,000, Billy Spadea calls from the button, and Ray Henson calls from the small blind. There are three players in the pot, already worth 880,000.
The flop comes , Henson bets 450,000, Hilm folds, Spadea raises to 1,000,000, Henson reraises to 2,000,000, and Spadea folds. Henson shows for two pair, eights and sixes, as he collects the pot worth 2.88 million.
At the Featured Table, Bob Slezak raises under the gun to 240,000, and Philip Hilm calls from late position. The flop comes , Slezak bets 325,000, and Hilm folds. Slezak takes the pot.
Bill Edler
Edler moved all-in for his last 1.9 million in late position and Jerry Yang pondered the situation in the small blind before making the call. Yang's led Edler's . The flop didn't help Edler, and the turn brought the which locked up the hand for Yang.
As he walked away from the table Edler said, "I thought I had pocket Tens...just kidding." Yang is now up to 8 million.