Jeremy Becker Eliminated in 5th Place ($217,907)

Photo: Jeremy Becker

Jeremy Becker and Adam Hendrix have been exchanging friendly banter all day about Hendrix possibly busting Becker, considering Becker is on Hendrix’s left with a short stack and Hendrix is one of the chip leaders, so it’s only fitting Becker’s day concludes in the following way:

Becker is forced to commit 800,000 of his 1,100,000 stack in the big blind and action folds around to Hendrix in the small blind.

Becker comments, “Go ahead and do it,” to which Hendrix follows through with an all-in shove.

Becker checks his hand and decides, “It’s time to gamble,” and calls it off.

Jeremy Becker: .
Adam Hendrix: .

Both players flop two pair on , and Becker looks to be in good shape to double.

The on the turn is clean, but the falls on the river to the eruption of the table, completing a higher full house for Hendrix and sending Becker out the door in fifth place.