Hands #40-41: MLS Player Brent Kallman Eliminated in 8th Place ($62,110)

Photo:  Brent Kallman is a defender for the Minnesota United FC.

Hand #40  –  Marius Gierse raises under the gun to 175,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Hand #41  –  Jeremy Joseph raises from the cutoff to 180,000, Major League Soccer player Brent Kallman moves all in from the small blind for 1,780,000, and Marius Gierse moves all in over the top from the big blind for 5,550,000. Joseph folds.

Kallman turns over , but he’s dominated and facing elimination against the of Gierse.

The board comes , and Gierse flops a full house, tens full of kings, to win the pot and eliminate Kallman in eighth place.

Marius Gierse  –  7,590,000  (95 bb)
Brent Kallman  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($62,110)