06-03-2008 00:28 UTC-7

We Will Have a New Champion

[user38368]

Steve Billirakis, the defending champion, is eliminated, and here's how it happened. Roland de Wolfe raised, Billirakis reraised, and de Wolfe three-bet. Billirakis called again.

The flop was {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{2-Diamonds}

. Both checked. The turn was the {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

. Billirakis bet and de Wolfe put him all in. Billirakis called with A-K and de Wolfe had {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{10-Hearts}

. The river was the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

and the straight finished Billirakis off. After the hand, de Wolfe gave Billirakis $1,200 to pay off a series of prop bets based on the cards. De Wolfe is up to 42,000.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe Steve Billirakis