Hands #70-71: Joe Dittmar Eliminated in 8th Place ($113,209)

Photo: Doug Kim (center) is happier than anyone that shorter stack Joe Dittmar (right) is an underdog to bigger stack Darren Elias (left) before the flop.

Hand #70  –  Everyone folds to Joe Dittmar, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Hand #71  –  Jin Hwang raises from late position to 275,000, Darren Elias calls from the cutoff, and Joe Dittmar moves all in from the small blind for about 2.2 million. Hwang folds, and Elias asks for a count before he calls.

Dittmar shows [KsQh], but he’ll need to improve to survive against the [As10h] of Elias. 

The board comes [Jd8c6h4d9c], and Darren Elias wins the pot with ace high to eliminate Dittmar in eighth place.

Darren Elias  –  Count to come soon
Joe Dittmar  –  Out in 8th Place ($113,209a)