Ted Gillis started out this day third in chips with about 1.1 million with some real talent to contend with in the final 12. It took us a few hours to get down to an official final table of nine, but when we got there players started falling quickly. At the end of the day, Gillis was the man with his hands on the WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $514,027.
Gillis is new on the tournament scene. He has a single WSOP cash prior to this one — a small cash in an event just like this one last summer. His lifetime earnings are just $10,538 ... until today. From Houston, Texas, Gillis has just earned himself some truly life-changing money.
The bulk of Gillis' chips came to him late in the day. He coasted through the final table at about the middle of the pack, but by the time he knocked out Dejan Divkovic in third place, Gillis had gained about two thirds of the chips in play to enter heads-up play. Just 27 hands later and Gillis had claimed his victory.
Day 1 on Saturday received 2,086 total entries to create a prize pool of $2,816,100. 233 players survived the initial day and it was only half an hour into Day 2 that 216 players made it in the money. 10 levels later and only 12 players remained to bag up chips for the final time in the event.
It was an event of double knockouts. 14th- and 13th-place finishers Matt Ditonto and Max Silver were both eliminated in the same hand. Then, on Day 3, 12th- and 11th-place finishers Ron Mcmillen and Gregg Merkow both met their demise when they ran into John Hennigan's kings. Not to miss out on the trend, Dylan Thomassie and Edison Shields (ninth and eighth) both exited the tournament at the same time when Divkovic turned quad kings.
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Hand #140: John Hennigan's run in the tournament has come to an end, as he was just defeated heads up. Hennigan pushed all in and Ted Gillis made the call with the huge chip advantage.
Hennigan:
Gillis:
The board ran out in Gillis' favor with . Hennigan, a two-time bracelet winner with six cashes in last year's WSOP, was eliminated in second place and headed to the cashier to collect $319,993.
Hand #113: Dejan Divkovic has been eliminated from the tournament. John Hennigan raised to 120,000 from the button and Divkovic pushed all in from the small blind. Ted Gillis was sitting in the big blind and pushed his big stack all in over the top to force Hennigan out of the way.
Divkovic:
Gillis:
Both players made two pairs on the flop of . The turn of and river of didn't help Divkovic catch up and he lost all of his chips. He headed to the cashier to collect $222,429 for his third-place finish.
Hand #106: Jacobo Fernandez raised all in from the button for approximately 680,000 and John Hennigan made the call from the small blind. It was the classic race as Hennigan turned over and Fernandez tabled .
The flop came and Hennigan vaulted ahead. The completed the board and Fernandez was sent to the rail.
Hand #47: John Hennigan opened to 80,000 and Dejan Divkovic made the call from the button. Mustapha Kanit pushed all in for 740,000 from the small blind and Hennigan folded. Divkovic thought for a couple minutes before eventually making the call.
Divkovic:
Kanit:
The board ran out and Divkovic's kicker would play and eliminate Kanit.
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Hand #38: Jaime Kaplan pushed all in from the cutoff when action folded to him. Jacobo Fernandez found a hand he could call with and we had another race.
Kaplan:
Fernandez:
The board ran out and Fernandez made a straight to end Kaplan's run in this tournament. He was eliminated in sixth place and earned $86,609.
Hand #39: Mustapha Kanit raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and John Hennigan called to go to a flop of . Both players checked and the turn card was the . Hennigan check-called Kanit's bet of 80,000 and the dealer burned and brought out the on the river. Hennigan check-called again; this time Kanit's bet was 210,000. Hennigan showed and Kanit mucked his hand.
Hand #31: Hiren Patel pushed all in from the hijack seat for 665,000 and Dejan Divkovic quickly made the call in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and we had a race to sweat.
Patel:
Divkovic:
The flop gave Divkovic plenty of outs when it came . The turn changed nothing, but the on the river gave Divkovic the flush, eliminating Patel in seventh place in this tournament.
Hand #6: Mustapha Kanit raised to 60,000 and John Hennigan called. The flop came and Kanit bet 70,000. Hennigan called and the turn card was the . Kanit bet again - this time to 185,000 - and Hennigan called. The river was the and Kanit kept firing. He made it 360,000 which Hennigan called. Hennigan scooped the pot when he showed pocket kings.
Hand #7: Action folded to Edison Shields who raised to 60,000 and Dylan Thomassie pushed all in. Both Dejan Divkovic and Shields called.
Shields:
Thomassie:
Divkovic:
The dealer flopped and Divkovic's kings raced ahead, though Thomassie picked up a flush draw. The turn was the and Divkovic made quads. The river completed Thomassie's flush, but it was no good to the four kings. Dylan Thomassie was knocked out in ninth place and Edison Shields was eliminated in eighth.
Darin Stout was having a good time at the table today. He was being plenty vocal and livening up the table. Unfortunately, his run has ended, busting out in 10th place. Stout reluctantly pushed from under the gun and said, "This is not me volunteering to go home." Ted Gillis sitting immediately to his left pushed all in over the top by a small margin and the rest of the table folded.
Stout:
Gillis:
Stout got it in good, but he was dead by the river. The board ran out and Gillis had hit the straight to knock Stout out of this tournament. We now have our official final table of nine.
. Hennigan, a two-time bracelet winner with six cashes in last year's WSOP, was eliminated in second place and headed to the cashier to collect $319,993.
. The turn of 
didn't help Divkovic catch up and he lost all of his chips. He headed to the cashier to collect $222,429 for his third-place finish.
and Fernandez tabled 
.
and Hennigan vaulted ahead. The 
completed the board and Fernandez was sent to the rail.
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and Kanit mucked his hand.
changed nothing, but the 
on the river gave Divkovic the flush, eliminating Patel in seventh place in this tournament.
and Kanit kept firing. He made it 360,000 which Hennigan called. Hennigan scooped the pot when he showed pocket kings.
