Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Jeffrey Baker opened the pot with a 30,000-chip raise in the small blind, and Anders Taylor called in the big.
The flop came out and Baker fired a 55,000-chip bet. Taylor bet the pot and Baker folded.
Here's the seating assignments for the final ten-handed table.
Seat 1: Joel Ettedgi
Seat 2: John Gottlieb
Seat 3: Steve Jelinek
Seat 4: Michael Chappus
Seat 5: Mandy Thomas
Seat 6: Ryan Karp
Seat 7: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 8: Ben Lamb
Seat 9: Jeffrey Baker
Seat 10: Anders Taylor
Mandy Thomas moved all in from middle position and then Michael Chappus called behind her. Darren Sprengers was in the small blind and called, but he only thought it was him and Thomas in the pot.
"Oh my god, we've got a live misclick!" yelled out Phil Hellmuth when Sprengers revealed that he didn't know Chappus was in the pot.
Here's what was revealed as the hands were turned up for the three-way showdown. Chappus had the most chips, while Thomas had the least.
Showdown
Thomas:
Chappus:
Sprengers:
The board ran out to give both Chappus and Thomas two pair for the high, aces and kings. Sprengers couldn't beat that and there was no low forcing him to exit to the rail in 11th place.
We're now down to our final ten players and they are moving over to the feature table.
Jeffrey Baker raised to 26,000 and then Barry Greenstein reraised the pot. Baker went all in and Greenstein called.
Greenstein held the while Baker held the .
The flop was and Baker picked up a pair of deuces to take the lead. The turn brought the and then the river completed the board with the . Without a qualifying board for the low, Baker made queens and deuces to scoop the pot.
Bryan Andrews was eliminated from the tournament shortly after Tony Cousineau hit the rail. Andrews took home $11,731 in prize money for his effort.
Joel Ettedgi called Tony Cousineau's all-in bet preflop holding the . Cousineau held the and was at risk for his tournament life.
The flop came down to give Ettedgi a diamond flush draw as well as keep him in the lead. Cousineau did have a gutshot now.
The turn was the and that gave Ettedgi a pair of queens while making Cousineau's draw a double-gutter now.
The river completed the board with the and Ettedgi was able to eliminate Cousineau with two pair, queens and sixes. Cousineau left in 14th place.
Returning for the final day are not one, but two Team PokerStars members. Barry Greenstein represents Team PokerStars Pro USA and Mandy Thomas who is a member of Team PokerStars Online.
Known as "Roxy24" online, Thomas regularly plays the medium-high stakes cash games along with tournaments. She doesn't just play one game either, she enjoys them all.
Greenstein needs no introduction as he's one of the biggest names in poker. A regular amongst the most prestigious tournament fields and highest cash games around, Greenstein holds three gold bracelets and looking for his fourth.
Just a few hands into play today, the 15th-place finisher has been found. His name is Igor Gotz from Germany, who began the day with 105,000 in chips. Gotz lost to the of his opponent on the board of . We missed the hand Gotz held, as the dealer had mucked it before we got to the table. He took home $11,731 in prize money for his finish.