We caught up to this pot on the turn and the board reading . Kido Pham checked from the small blind and Ivan Demidov bet 100,000 from the big blind. Tiffany Michelle raised to 300,000 and both Kido and Ivan made the call. The river brought the . Pham and Demidov checked and Michelle made a 600,000 bet, which was big enough to chase the others out of the pot and push her stack up to 5.8 million. Demidov has almost the same amount and Pham is down to 1.95 million.
Phil Hellmuth - 45th Place
Phil Hellmuth was under the gun and pushed his entire stack of 405,000 into the middle. Action folded to Andrew Rosskamm, who made the call. The crowd instantly got on their feet, and after the other players folded, the players showed:
Hellmuth:
Rosskamm:
Hellmuth looked over to his wife and said, "Honey, I'm all in!" The audience cheered for various flops and Hellmuth turned his back to the action. The dealer put out the flop and the crowd remained relatively silent as it fell . Rosskamm's jacks still led, and with the crowd firmly on Hellmuth's side, it was still very quiet.
After a dramatic pause, the hit the turn. This card gave Hellmuth the nut flush draw as well as an inside straight draw to go with his overcards.
With everyone standing and anticipation at its peak, the hit the river, which was no help to Hellmuth. Rosskamm's entourage celebrated, though it was barely audible amongst the disappointment of Hellmuth's supporters.
Phil Hellmuth was eliminated in 45th place and added $154,400 to his career earnings.
David Saab - 46th Place
David Saab has been eliminated in after getting all of his chips in the middle on the flop of . Nikolay Losev made the call with for trip eights, to have Saab in bad shape with his .
The turn was the and river the to eliminate the Australian in 46th place for $135,100.
Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow raised from early position to 110,000 and Jamal Kunbuz made the call in the big blind.
The took a flop of and Kunbuz led out for 125,000. Matusow then raised it up to 500,000 and Kunbuz folded face up. Matusow flashed to take down the pot and move up to 3.53 million chips.
Tommy Le - 47th Place
Andrew Brokos raised to 120,000 from the cutoff, Tommy Le moved all in for 400,000 from the button and Brokos called.
Le
Brokos
The flop was , Le still leading, but Brokos picked up an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the , but the fell on the river, making Brokos' straight and eliminating Le.
Adam Levy - 48th Place
Ivan Demidov raised to 130,000 from middle position, Adam Levy moved all in for 510,000 from late position and Demidov snap-called.
Levy
Demidov
The board ran out and Levy was eliminated. Demidov is now up to 6.3 million.
All the money was in before the flop, with Glass holdling to Montgomery's . The flop brought no help, but Jason caught the on the turn and, when the river brought the , Glass doubled to 1.2 million while Scott slipped to 720,000.
Aaron Keay - 49th Place
Peter Eastgate opened for a raise to 120,000 from early position. Brandon Cantu called from the cutoff seat and when action hit Aaron Keay in the big blind, he pushed all in for 285,000. Eastgate opted to reraise, and made it 570,000 to play. Cantu moved all in for 5,800,000 and Eastgate decided to throw his hand away. The players showed:
Cantu:
Keay:
The board ran out and Keay was eliminated in 49th place. Cantu chipped up to about 6,800,000 on the hand while Eastgate was left with 2,700,000 chips.
Peter Neff
On a flop of Andrew Brokos, Peter Neff, and Scott Montgomery all checked. The turn brought the . Brokos checked, Neff bet 75,000, Montgomery called and Brokos folded. The river was the . Neff bet 450,000 and Montgomery called.
Neff showed for a set and Montgomery mucked. Neff is now up to 2,100,000.
Allen Kennedy - 50th Place
Clint Schafer raised to 110,000 from early position. Allen Kennedy called from late position, as did Jason Riesenberg from the big blind.
The three players saw a flop of . Riesenberg checked and Schafer bet 160,000. Kennedy moved all in for 830,000 and Riesenberg quickly folded. Schafer thought for about 30 seconds before finally making the call. The players showed:
Kennedy:
Schafer:
The turn fell the , which was no help to Kennedy. He needed to catch one of two remaining eights to stay alive. The river came the , sealing his fate. Schafer won the pot and Kennedy was eliminated in 50th place. Along with a story about how he sat next to Phil Hellmuth at a televised feature table, he'll also take home $135,100.