Phillips Loses Back-to-Back Flips vs Mandikos
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In back-to-back hands, Event #2 winner Tyler Phillips and Event #6 winner Nicholas Mandikos battled it out for all of the chips. In the first hand, Mandikos held pocket nines and held against Phillips' ace-king in order to score a double up.
The cards were back in the air and the two players got all of their chips in the middle again. Mandikos showed again and was flipping with the of Phillips.
The flop came to give Mandikos quad nines and a stranglehold in the hand. The on the turn meant Phillips was drawing dead to the on the river. In a matter of two hands, Phillips lost all of his chips and was eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Mandikos
|
286,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
Tyler Phillips | Busted |