Jeffrey Ishbia Defeats Leon Yanovski
Mar 06, '09
Jeffrey Ishbia built up a lead on Leon Yanovski and forced the younger amateur to move his chips in with J-7. Ishbia called with A-Q and it held when the board ran out Q-6-5-9-5.
Ishbia will now play Phil Hellmuth in the next round.
Player Tags: Leonid Yanovski, Jeffrey Ishbia
Phil Hellmuth Defeats Jeffrey Ishbia
Mar 07, '09
Phil Hellmuth opened up a huge lead on qualifier Jeffrey Ishbia. At one point in the match, Hellmuth had a 77,500 to 2,500 lead.
Ishbia fought back and doubled up a few times, but on the final hand his K-7 failed to catch up to Hellmuth's pocket queens.
Ishbia is eliminated and Hellmuth will now have his highly anticipated rematch with Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Jeffrey Ishbia