World Series of Poker Main Event: Billy Pappas Eliminated In Fifth Place

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What’s the biggest coinflip you’ve ever experienced? Billy Pappas came out on the wrong end of a $700,000 coinflip, the difference between fifth and fourth place, early Tuesday morning at the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table.

Martin Jacobson moved all in from the small blind for 24.425 million and Billy Pappas made the call from the big blind with just 24.475 million in his stack.

Jacobson held 55 and saw himself racing against the AJ of Pappas. The board ran out Q6572 and Pappas was left crippled down to just 50,000.

Pappas was eliminated on the next hand when his pocket sevens couldn’t overcome Jorryt Van Hoof’s pocket jacks. For his fifth-place finish, the world champion foosball player received $2,143,794.

The 29-year-old former poker dealer came into the final table in sixth place and more than held his own, playing 35 of the 212 hands he was dealt. He saw a showdown seven total times, not losing a single one until his final two hands.

Card Player TV caught Pappas’ post-elimination press conference:

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