Martin Kabrhel Eliminated in 18th Place ($15,385)
Martin Kabrhel has been eliminated in 18th place. After a tumultuous day, Kabrhel was eliminated after a series of hands and eventually called for his tournament life with ace-high against Jared Talarico.
Before that, Kabrhel was left short thanks to a hand against Ray Henson.
Henson raised from the small blind and Kabrhel three-bet from the big blind. Henson called.
Kabrhel asked Henson what he planned to do if Kabrhel went all in. Henson said he would evaluate when that happened and then told Kabrhel he had seen his hand.
As the flop came out 
Kabrhel said it was unfair that Henson knew his hand.
"Quit showing it to me then," Henson said, "I already warned you."
Henson checked.
"Then you know you are behind?" Kabrhel said as he bet.
"Yeah, but I can catch up."
Henson called.
The turn was the 
and Henson checked again. After what seemed like 30 seconds, Henson called for the clock. The floor staff was already nearby since the general consensus of the remaining players was that Kabrhel was taking too long on a majority of his actions. The floor gave him ten seconds to act so he checked.
The river was the 
and both players checked. Henson won the hand with flopped pair of aces, holding 
. Kabrhel mucked.
A few hands later Kabrhel raised and Jared Talarico three-bet.
"I'll show you," said Talarico.
Kabrhel called and joked that he wanted Talarico to show him now. The flop came 
and Kabrhel checked. Talarico bet and Kabrhel called. The turn was the and Kabrhel checked again.
Talarico bet and said, "nice hand."
Kabrhel called off his remaining stack and showed 
. He was behind Talarico's pocket aces, 
. The river was the 
and that spelled the end of the road for Kabrhel.
The table was more than happy to see Kabrhel bust. Former WSOP Champ Joe McKeehen told Talarico that he was cheering for Talarico to win if he were to bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
510,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
420,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
216,000
-171,000
|
-171,000 |
|
202,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
180,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
135,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
61,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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