With the board reading , an opponent on the small blind bet 85,000 into Andy Kaplan, in a pot that was already over 100k.
Kaplan, under the gun, went deep into the tank, taking several minutes. He stood up, looked at the board, looked at his opponent and back at the board, and as he contemplated another player at the table called the clock.
As the floor was making their way over, Kaplan decided on a call, quickly turning over . His opponent mucked, showing a glimpse of the .
Josh Mlinek three-bet to 27,000 after the under-the-gun player opened to 8,500. A player in late position and the original raiser made the call.
Action was checked to Mlinekon on the flop where he continued for 35,000. With the option back on the original raiser, he elected for a good old fashion check-raise and made the bet 71,000.
With a few minutes in the tank Mlinek shoved all in putting his opponent to the test. He eventually folded and Mlinek took down a nice pot without showdown.
With 90,000 in the pot and a board reading Kamen Ajoui went all in and had his opponent covered. His opponent put in his last 100,000 after he already had 60,000 committed.
Ajoui:
Opponent:
Ajoui was in trouble and needed some help, and that is exactly what he got when the spiked on the river.
The action folded around to Phil Hellmuth on the button who made it 9,000 off of his 10,000 stack. The small blind folded and the big blind put Hellmuth all in. Hellmuth called and the players were off to the races.
Hellmuth:
Opponent:
The run out was not a favorable one for Hellmuth as his opponent paired his jack on the flop to eliminate Hellmuth from the tournament.