Championship: Money Bubble Bursts! Samuel Wynder Eliminated by Darren Elias

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  134 of 1,070

Samuel Wynder
Samuel Wynder

In Hand #5 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Darren Elias raised under the gun to 16,000, Samuel Wynder moved all in from the small blind for 195,000, and Elias called with QsQc.

Wynder turned over JsJc, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 6h3s2d10c7h, and the pocket queens held up for Elias to win the pot and eliminate Wynder on the Money Bubble in 135th place.

Darren Elias  –  515,000  (64 bb)
Samuel Wynder  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 134 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 319,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,530 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 6:54 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am.

Darren Elias