Nick Schulman Eliminated in 5th Place ($69,216)

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 5,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth is on an absolute tear through this event.

Nick Schulman opened the last pot to 50,000, and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 340,000. That had Schulman covered, and he didn't waste any time calling all in for 250,000 total. Hellmuth patted, turning up the hand to beat: {J-} {6-} {5-} {4-} {2-} . Schulman needed one card to improve his {8-} {6-} {4-} {2-} . He squeezed it out, and it was no good. He sent the {8-Diamonds} spiraling onto the felt face-up, and a pair is not going to get it done.

With that, the 2009 champion of this event is eliminated in fifth place. He'll take home nearly $70,000, pausing to wish the table luck as he headed off to the cashier.

Hellmuth is up to about 2.4 million now with just about 2/3rds of the chips in play.

Tags: Nick Schulman Phil Hellmuth