Johannes Mueller Eliminated in 8th Place ($5,121)

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Prior to the 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge, Managing Editor Brett Collson put together a list of players to watch at the series, which included Johannes Mueller. Here is what he wrote:

Mueller knows how to navigate a field. According to the Hendon Mob, Mueller has 21 live tournament cashes to his credit. He made the final table in 11 of those tournaments, including the Seneca Fall Poker Classic Main Event last year (he finished fourth for $14,558). Mueller's first tournament win came a month later at the SuperStacks Hold'em Series at Turning Stone, and he kept the momentum going by winning a side event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in January. Last month he placed seventh in a $1,100 Fallsview Poker Classic event for $18,134. That tournament was eventually won by red-hot tournament pro Mike Leah.

Mueller proved Collson right by making the final table here in the Main Event, but unfortunately his deep run came to an end in eighth place. In his final hand, Mueller moved all in from early position for 94,000 and Andre Smith called from the big blind.

Mueller:
Smith:

Mueller got it in great, but the flop evened things up a bit as Smith picked up a flush draw. The turn completed it, and Mueller was drawing dead headed to the river.