Pat Poels Eliminated in 17th Place ($8,554)
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The dealer spreads out
. Rudd checks, Poels bets, Rudd check-raises, Poels raises back, and Rudd comes over the top again, enough to put Poels all in.As he makes the call, Poels asks, "You got a king?"
"No, I got aces," replied Rudd.
"You gotta be kidding me," Poels remarked, as he tabled
.Rudd showed down
, putting Poels in deep trouble, and at risk of elimination.The board ran out
, 
, and Poels is indeed eliminated less than a half hour into today's play. Rudd, meanwhile, has moved up in the world, now sitting with just about 200,000.