07-15-2009 11:50 UTC-12

Ian Tavelli Eliminated in 17th Place ($500,557)

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Ian Tavelli - 17th Place

Ian Tavelli raised to 450,000 from UTG and was met with a reraise to 1.35 million from Steven Begleiter. Tavelli made the call.

The flop came down {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{4-Hearts}

{2-Clubs}

. Tavelli checked to Begleiter, who bet 3.5 million. Tavelli moved all in for 7,705,000 and Begleiter called.

Tavelli {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

Begleiter

{K-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

The turn was the {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

, no help for Tavelli who needed one of the two remaining nines in the deck to keep his Main Event hopes alive. The river, however, was the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

and Tavelli was eliminated in 17th place while Begleiter took down the massive pot. He now holds the chip lead with 27,890,000.