Hellmuth's 12th Bracelet, First Lady Bracelet WInner of 2010? Not Today
Jun 24, '10
Karp Busts in 8th Place ($23,635)
It didn’t take long for business to pick up following the dinner break.
Shortly after the break short stack Ryan Karp moved all in and was called by Ben Lamb. Their hands:
Karp: J
9
87
Lamb: A
K6
5
Lamb hit a flush on a board of 3J3AQ and Karp was out in 8th place, making $34,635 for his long last few days.
With the pot Lamb started a gradual climb up the leaderboard.
Hellmuth Comes Up Short of Bracelet No. 12, Out in 7th ($30,633)
Phil Hellmuth got all in preflop with his tournament life on the line against John Gottlieb. Their hands:
Hellmuth: A1032
Gottlieb: AAQ8
The flop came Q97, offering Hellmuth no help. The turn was the 10 and the river brought the 9. Hellmuth’s record 12th bracelet wasn’t in the cards today, as he was the 7th place finisher, making $30,633.
Thomas Gone In 6th ($40,169)
Like Hellmuth’s memorable win wasn’t meant to be tonight, neither was Mandy Thomas’s. Thomas was 5 players away from being the first woman bracelet winner of 2010, but fell short of that goal shortly after Hellmuth busted.
On that hand, Thomas put in a raise from the small blind only to have Ben Lamb re-raise from the big blind enough to put Thomas all in. She called and they showed down:
Lamb: A753
Thomas: J832
The board ran 62KJA to give Lamb a flush and Thomas was gone in 6th place.
Thomas nearly became the first woman to win a bracelet in 2010, but ultimately had to settle for the $40,169 sixth-place prize.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Ben Lamb, Ryan Karp, John Gottlieb, Mandy Thomas
Hellmuth Struggling
Jun 24, '10
Hellmuth Chops One
Phil Hellmuth got all in on a flop of A62 and Ryan Karp made the call. Their hands:
Hellmuth: K943
Karp: AQ54
The turn gave Hellmuth a flush draw, coming 7, but the 6 river made sure that the pot was split. After the chop, Hellmuth remained short on chips, with around 100,000 in chips.
Hellmuth Gets Scooped, Crippled
The short stack at the table Mandy Thomas moved her last 65,000 all in and Phil Hellmuth also pushed all in, having her covered. Everyone else folded. Their hands:
Thomas: AKJ4
Hellmuth: AQ63
The board gave Thomas a full house with no low, running J9K44. Hellmuth dropped to just 40,000 and was in serious trouble. Thomas saw her stack increase to 160,000.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Ryan Karp
Benjamin Zamani raised to 70,000 and Ryan Karp reraised to 200,000. Zamani then put him all in and Karp called his last 650,000 with A
Ryan Karp was just eliminated in 10th place when his pocket tens were busted by Poorya Nazari's set of queens.