06-19-2008 15:45 UTC-7

Shankar Pillai Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

And he was in surprisingly good spirits despite how it played out. He raised to 525 with the {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{Q-Hearts}

and the player to his left called. Pillai had just 2,000 behind and so bet the rest of his stack in the dark. The flop came {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

{2-Spades}

and his opponent called with {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

. The turn was the {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

, giving Pillai a flush draw and his opponent a gutshot straight draw. And on the river, the {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

, giving his opponent a set and sending Shankar out of today's event.

Tags: Shankar Pillai