Not long after I wrote about the finalists in the main event who might be closer to Pokerati than our own families – call that the blurry misconception of the WSOP long haul – one of our top two left the building. The Six Degrees of Pokerati will have to start making shit up expand its criteria.
After slowly losing chips throughout the day, Brandon Cantu took a bit hit with the following hand, as reported by PokerNews:
Dean Hamrick Doubles Through Brandon Cantu
Kelly Kim opened for 275,000, Brandon Cantu reraised to 950,000, and Dean Hamrick moved all in. The crowd let out an \”Ooooooooooh!\” and got on their feet as the action came back to Kim. Kim let his hand go and it was Cantu\’s turn to tank. Cantu thought for well over five minutes (Tim Loecke getting knocked out in the meantime) before saying \”I call.\”
Cantu {10-Spades} {5-Clubs}
Hamrick {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}
There was mass disbelief and gasps from the crowd as Cantu rolled over his hand.
The flop was {8-Spades} {7-Clubs} {5-Hearts} and Cantu flopped a pair of fives. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}, a bad card for Cantu as Hamrick made aces up. Cantu paced in back of the table looking resigned to his fate as his entourage called for a five. The river, though was the {10-Diamonds} and Cantu made two pair, but it was no matter– Hamrick\’s aces and eights were best and he raked in the massive pot.
Cantu was down to 2.4 million after the hand while Hamrick was up to 5.5 million. Cantu is now the tournament\’s shortest stack.
After the 10-5 fiasco, Brandon ended up all-in pre-flop with pocket 9\’s against Peter Eastgate\’s A-Q. Peter ended up with a flush, and Brandon was out in 20th place with a little $257,334 for his spending pleasure.
The last of Pokerati\’s top tier of players in the main event is Tiffany Michelle, who would be a lot more adorable right now if she wasn\’t wearing UltimateBet gear!
