John Gilliam Eliminated in 23rd Place by Casey Yontz ($16,000)

Oct 3, 2017

John Gilliam

John Gilliam (pictured) loses a preflop all in versus David Eldridge when the latter’s Club AClub 8 outruns Gilliam’s Club 10Diamond 10 when an ace comes among the community cards. Eldridge bumps up to 295,000, but Gilliam is down to 115,000.

Gilliam goes all in on the next hand, watches Robert McLaughlin call from the button, then Casey Yontz reraise-shoves from the small blind and McLaughlin gets out. Gilliam has Club AClub 8 this time while Yontz has Heart 9Spade 9, and after the board comes Diamond 10Club QDiamond 4Spade JDiamond Q Gilliam is out in 23rd.

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