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06-19-2008 20:58 UTC-8

Thomas Wahlroos Eliminated in 14th Place ($30,089)

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Thomas Wahlroos

After winning that big hand just before in which Tino Lechich was eliminated, Wahlroos found himself involved in another huge pot soon afterwards.

On a flop of {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

, Michael Guzzardi bet the pot, Wahlroos reraised with his entire 163,000, and Guzzardi called.

Guzzardi held {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

-- he'd flopped the nut flush. Wahlroos had {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{Q-Hearts}

{7-Clubs}

{7-Spades}

-- he'd flopped top set.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

and the river the {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

, and Wahlroos was done. "There was so much money in the pot, I had to gamble," he said afterwards.

Guzzardi is now up to 810,000. He and Kyle Kloeckner are at the top of the leaderboard at the moment.

Tags: Michael Guzzardi Thomas Wahlroos