While we were still typing up that last double up, Gonzales got his chips in and once again his opponent was Mike Ellis.
Gonzales:
Ellis:
Board:
Gonzales doubled to around a million.
And while we were typing that one, he got it in again.
Gonzales:
Ellis:
Board:
The Ellis rail went wild when the ace dropped, and made a noise like, "Ooaaaahhh," when then second five dropped on the turn to make Gonzales trips and put him back up to a respectable 2 million.
Mike Ellis raised to 240,000 on the button and both Chris Gonzales in the small blind and David Wilkinson in the big blind made the call.
Shouted the Ellis rail: "Flop yer set, Mike!"
Flop:
Ellis rail: "There it is. Quads."
Gonzales announced all in and Wilkinson folded. Ellis, however, called.
Bit of a cooler here.
Ellis:
Gonzales:
But the cooler wasn't over yet...
Turn: [qd}
River:
With that fortuitous third lady on the turn, Ellis doubled to 4 million while his rail went wild. The unlucky Gonzales was left with little more than 400,000.
David Wilkinson, already a roughly 2:1 chip leader over second biggest stack Christopher Gonzales, has taken the first three pots of this level to add to his chip lead.
First hand he raised from the button and both players folded.
Next hand he got a walk in the big blind.
The third time, he raised from the small blind and this time Mike Ellis called in the big. They saw a flop and Wilkinson bet out 350,000, which was enough to push Ellis off the pot.
David Wilkinson raised in the cutoff only for Martin Jacobson to shove from the button. The players in the blinds ducked out of their way, and Wilkinson made the call.
Jacobson:
Wilkinson:
Board:
Jacobson shook hands with his opponents, and he headed for the rail and his two loyal supporters, $183,345 richer.
Christopher Gonzales opened the pot in middle position and Mike Ellis moved all in from the big blind. Gonzales called.
Showdown
Ellis:
Gonzales:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Eliis completed his flush and doubled up, is now up to 3,750,000. Gonzales slipped to 2,500,000 and loosed the chip lead he had since the beginning of this final table.
It folded around to David Wilkinson in the small blind, who announced all in to cover Billy Griner in the big. Griner, who'd been reduced to just 500,000 or so, decided he had to gamble and called all in.
Wilkinson:
Griner: less live than he would have liked with
Board:
Despite Griner sadly requesting the ten of hearts on both flop and turn, it was not to be. The look on his face as he busted was one of real devastation. Although he didn't win a bracelet this time, he nevertheless takes home a chunky six-figure payday for his sterling efforts.
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flop and Wilkinson bet out 350,000, which was enough to push Ellis off the pot.
