Walter Peddy Eliminated in 12th Place by Erkut Yilmaz

Photo:  Walter Peddy (center) shakes hands with Emmanuel Ignacio (seated, right) after Peddy’s elimination. Erkut Yilmaz is in the foreground on the far right.

One hand after losing an all-in pot worth about five million, Walter Peddy moves all in from the cutoff for 130,000. Action folds to WPT Champions Club member Erkut Yilmaz, who calls from the big blind with .

Peddy turns over , and he needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Yilmaz pairs his ten on the flop to Peddy’s gutshot straight draw, and it holds up for Yilmaz to win the pot. Peddy is eliminated in 12th place.

Erkut Yilmaz  –  1,300,000  (22 bb)
Walter Peddy  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($30,800)

Photo:  Walter Peddy