Hand #18: Matt Stout Takes a Big Pot Against Soheil Shamseddin

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Soheil Shamseddin raises under the gun to 100,000, Matt Stout reraises from the cutoff to 300,000, and Soheil calls. The flop comes A97, Soheil checks, Stout bets 420,000 (snicker, snicker), and Soheil thinks for a bit before he check-raises to 1,000,000. 

Stout thinks for about 30 seconds before he says, "I'm all in." The total bet is 2,148,000, so Soheil would need to call an additional 1.148 million.

Soheil thinks for more than a minute before he folds, and Matt Stout takes the pot to the applause of his friends and family in the crowd. 

Pot Size  -  2,680,000
Seat 2.  Curt Kohlberg  -  834,000
Seat 3.  Eric "Efro" Froehlich  -  1,377,000
Seat 4.  Cornel Andrew Cimpan  -  2,703,000
Seat 5.  Soheil Shamseddin  -  1,847,000
Seat 6.  Matt "Allinat420" Stout  -  3,827,000

Hand #16: Matt Stout

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Stout raises from the small blind to 100,000, and Curt Kohlberg calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of K824, Stout checks, Kohlberg bets 100,000, and Stout calls. 

The river card is the A, and both players check. Stout shows K3 to win the pot with a pair of kings, and Kohlberg mucks. 

Seat 2.  Curt Kohlberg  -  682,000
Seat 3.  Eric "Efro" Froehlich  -  1,445,000
Seat 4.  Cornel Andrew Cimpan  -  2,751,000
Seat 5.  Soheil Shamseddin  -  3,255,000
Seat 6.  Matt "Allinat420" Stout  -  2,455,000

Hand #12: Matt Stout

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Cornel Cimpan raises under the gun to 100,000, Matt Stout reraises from the button to 300,000, and Cimpan folds. Matt Stout takes the pot. 

Seat 2.  Curt Kohlberg  -  758,000
Seat 3.  Eric "Efro" Froehlich  -  1,481,000
Seat 4.  Cornel Andrew Cimpan  -  3,512,000
Seat 5.  Soheil Shamseddin  -  2,546,000
Seat 6.  Matt "Allinat420" Stout  -  2,291,000

Hand #11: Matt Stout

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Stout raises from the small blind to 100,000, winning the blinds and antes. 

Seat 2.  Curt Kohlberg  -  782,000
Seat 3.  Eric "Efro" Froehlich  -  1,525,000
Seat 4.  Cornel Andrew Cimpan  -  3,616,000
Seat 5.  Soheil Shamseddin  -  2,550,000
Seat 6.  Matt "Allinat420" Stout  -  2,115,000

Hand #9: Matt Stout

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Stout raises under the gun to 100,000, and Soheil Shamseddin calls from the big blind. The flop comes A76, Soheil checks, Stout bets 160,000, and Soheil thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. 

The turn card is the 2, and both players check. The river card is the 10, and they check again. Soheil shows 54 for a missed open-ended straight draw, while Stout shows QJ to win the pot with queen high. 

Seat 2.  Curt Kohlberg  -  830,000
Seat 3.  Eric "Efro" Froehlich  -  1,533,000
Seat 4.  Cornel Andrew Cimpan  -  3,544,000
Seat 5.  Soheil Shamseddin  -  2,578,000
 Seat 6.  Matt "Allinat420" Stout  -  2,103,000

Matt "Allinat420" Stout

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Stout's online name is "Allinat420." However, 4:20 pm just passed, and he didn't move in. He did seem a little antsy, however.

Hand #2: Lee Markholt Eliminated in 6th Place ($166,069)

Level 23: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante

Matt Stout raises from the cutoff to 100,000, Lee Markholt moves all in from the button for 236,000, and Stout calls with A6. Markholt shows AK, and he's a dominant favorite to double up here. 

The flop comes Q54, and Stout picks up a spade flush draw. The turn card pairs the board with the 5, and Markholt needs to avoid a six or a spade to stay alive. 

The river card is the 3, and Matt Stout completes his flush to win the pot. Lee Markholt is eliminated in sixth place, earning $166,069.

As Markholt visits his friends in the stands, he says, "Well, that was short, huh?"

Pot Size  -  792,000

Seat 1.  Lee Markholt  -  Out in 6th Place ($166,069)
Seat 2.  Curt Kohlberg  -  1,018,000
Seat 3.  Eric "Efro" Froehlich  -  966,000
Seat 4.  Cornel Andrew Cimpan  -  3,767,000
Seat 5.  Soheil Shamseddin  -  2,946,000
Seat 6.  Matt "Allinat420" Stout  -  1,891,000