NLHE 6 Hand - Final Table - Justin Filtz Eliminated in 3rd Place
Jun 18, '08
Blinds/Antes: 25000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,012
Chip Counts:
Seth Fischer: 2,896,000
Dario Minieri: 2,175,000
Eliminations:
Justin Filtz: 3rd Place ($214,519)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Dario Minieri Doubles Up
Dario Minieri raised to 150,000 and Seth Fischer reraised to 575,000. Minieri then moved all in and Fischer made the call. Their cards:
Minieri: QQ
Fischer: AJ
Board: 7449Q
Minieri doubled up on the hand to survive and he won the largest hand of the tournament up to that point.
Justin Filtz Doubles Up
An unraised pot, and a flop of 1072 sat on the table when Justin Filtz opened the action for 85,000. Minieri check-raised to 240,000 and Fischer got out of the way. Filtz reraised all in and Minieri made the call. Their cards:
Minieri: Q-10
Filtz: J-10
Turn and River: 5J
Filtz doubled up on the hand thanks to a miracle card on the river, which induced him to show as much emotion in one outburst as he had in the rest of the tournament combined.
Justin Filzt Eliminated in Third Place ($214,519)
Mineiri raised to 150,000 preflop and Fischer reraised to 525,000. Filtz reraised all in for 1.3 million and Minieri folded. Fischer made the call and he had Filtz covered by a slim margin, just 10,000. Their cards:
Minieri: AK
Filtz: AA
Board: KJ9KJ
Filtz was eliminated on the hand in third place, and he took home $214,519 in prize money. Fischer for all intensive purposes doubled up going into the heads-up match.
Player Tags: Dario Minieri, Justin Flitz, European Report, Seth Fischer