May 3, 2018
From under the gun, Daniel Merrilees raises to 6,000 and Scott Eskenazi (pictured above) calls next to act.
The flop lands and Merrilees bets 5,000. Eskenazi calls, and when the turn lands the
Merrilees checks.
Eskenazi bets 8,500 and Merrilees check-raises to 17,000.
Eskenazi calls, and when the river lands the , Merrilees bets out a stack of chips amounting to 55,000.
Eskenazi goes into the tank eventually using a time extension button before calling all-in for 33,000.
Merrilees tables his , and Eskenazi taps the table and pushes his cards to the muck and exits the tournament area in 17th place as the WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship bubble boy.
Daniel Merrilees – 330,000
Scott Eskenazi – Eliminated in 17th Place