Hands #3-5: Adam Hendrix Eliminated in 6th Place ($119,000)

Photo:  Adam Hendrix

HAND #3  –  Joshua Pollock raises from the button to 325,000, Aaron Motoyama reraises from the small blind to 900,000, and Pollock folds. Motoyama takes the pot.

HAND #4  –  Lei Lei moves all in from the small blind for 1,950,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Lei Lei  –  2,250,000  (15 bb)

HAND #5  –  Adam Hendrix raises under the gun to 300,000, Aaron Motoyama calls from the cutoff, and Matthew Wantman calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , and it checks to Motoyama, who bets 425,000. Wantman calls, and Hendrix check-raises to 1,100,000. Motoyama folds, and Wantman thinks for a while before he calls.

The turn card is the , Wantman checks, and Hendrix thinks for a while before he moves all in for 2,125,000.

Wantman snap-calls with for a set of fours, and Hendrix says, “I still have outs” as he turns over for a gutshot Royal Flush draw. Hendrix needs to improve to stay alive.

But the river card is the , and Wantman wins the pot with his set of fours to eliminate Hendrix in sixth place.

Matthew Wantman  –  9,550,000  (64 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($119,000)

Photo:  Adam Hendrix