Hand #18: John Gordon Eliminated in 9th Place ($64,636)

Photo: Ninth-Place Finisher John “Muscles” Gordon

Hand #18  –  James Mackey raises under the gun to 140,000, Eric Beller reraises from the hijack to 450,000, and John Gordon calls from the small blind. Mackey folds.

The flop comes , Gordon checks, Beller moves all in, and Gordon calls all in for about 2,250,000 with . Beller turns over , and Gordon needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Beller wins the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Gordon in ninth place.

Gordon asks, “How do you shove there? How do you not just bet?”

Eric Beller  –  11,200,000  (187 bb)
John Gordon  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($64,636)