World Series of Poker Main Event: Max Steinberg Eliminated In Fourth PlaceSteinberg Pockets $2,615,361 For Fourth Place Finish |
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After taking out Tom Cannuli in sixth place when his pocket tens outflopped pocket aces, Max Steinberg looked poised to make a run at 2015 World Series of Poker main event chip leader Joe McKeehen.
Instead, short-handed play was not kind to the 27-year-old professional poker and daily fantasy sports player. Steinberg’s preflop raises were frequently attacked, and he ended up losing a big pot to Neil Blumenfield without showdown.
On his final hand, Steinberg shoved from the big blind over a preflop raise from McKeehen. McKeehen immediately called with A
Q
and Steinberg saw the bad news, turning over his own A
J.
The flop of 975
kept McKeehen in the lead and Steinberg drawing slim. The 8 on the turn, however, gave him seven outs to win, and four outs to chop.
The 3, however, wasn’t what he needed and Steinberg left to collect his $2,615,361 payday. McKeehen, meanwhile, increased his stack to over 128 million, which represents more than two-thirds of the total chips in play.
Steinberg was the only bracelet winner at the table, and increased his lifetime live tournament earnings to just over $4.5 million.
Card Player TV caught his post-elimination press conference, in which he discussed his run in this event, his well-dressed rail and more. Check out the video below:
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