Hand #55: Alida Veliu Eliminated in 7th Place ($15,128); Play Will Resume at 4:00 pm PST

Photo:  Alida Veliu (second from left) and Aylar Lie (far right) wait for the dealer to put out the flop.

HAND #55  –  Alida Veliu moves all in under the gun for 465,000, and Aylar Lie moves all in over the top from UTG+1 for about 1,030,000. Everyone else folds.

Veliu turns over , and she needs to improve to stay alive against Lie’s .

The board comes , and the pocket jacks hold up for Lie to win the pot and eliminate Veliu in seventh place.

Aylar Lie  –  1,655,000  (33 bb)
Alida Veliu  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($15,128)

There will be an extended break until about 4:00 pm PST (about an hour from now), when the final six players will retake their seats and play on the WPT Live Stream. At that point, our updates will follow the same 30-minute delay so people can follow along without seeing spoilers.

Photo:  Alida Veliu