Negreanu Busts Heimiller
Limit Hold'em
Late last night, Dan Heimiller won $627,462 by winning Event #17: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship and his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet. His third will have to wait, though, as Heimiller was just bounced from this event by six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu.
In a hand during the limit hold'em round at their table, Negreanu opened with a raise from the hijack seat. Heimiller reraised from the cutoff seat to put himself all in for 5,300. Action the folded to Calvin Anderson in the big blind, and he asked what would happen if he called — "Would he be allowed to reraise?" Anderson asked the dealer, pointing to Negreanu.
"Yeah, I can," responded Negreanu. "It's more than half."
Anderson ended up folding, and Negreanu put in the chips to make the call with the 
. Heimiller had the 
.
The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Heimiller was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,600
8,600
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8,600 |
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Busted | |
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