Jesus Cortes Eliminated in 2nd Place ($213,270)
Level 30
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
As Jesus Cortes hovered around 10 blinds in the new level, he had portion of his chips in to the flop already and that's when Juha Helppi applied the pressure and the following showdown took place.
Jesus Cortes:
Juha Helppi:
Not long ago Helppi had doubled into a commanding lead when he flopped top set and had done so again to leave Cortes in desperate shape.
The turn immediately left the Spaniard drawing dead and he quickly typed in a "gg" in chat even before the river officially ended his run.
Cortes takes home a consolation prize of $213,270.25 while Helppi has doubled his gold bracelet tally and earned the top prize of $290,285.58,
A recap of today's action is to follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Juha Helppi |
8,200,000
1,436,832
|
1,436,832 |
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Jesus Cortes | Busted |