Hand #178: Lenny Cortellino Eliminated in 3rd Place ($214,449)

Cortellino raises form the button to 150,000, and Filippi calls form the big blind. The flop comes [AhQd6s], Filippi checks, Cortellino bets 150,000, and Filippi calls. The turn card is the [8d], Filippi checks, Cortellino bets 200,000, and Filippi pauses for about 15 seconds before raising to 550,000.

Cortellino thinks for about a minute before he moves all in, and Filippi immediately calls with [8h6h] (two pair, eights and sixes). Cortellino shows [As7s] (pair of aces). Cortellino needs an ace, a queen, or a seven on the river to stay alive.

The river is the [Kd], and Amnon Filippi wins the pot with his two pair, eights and sixes.

Lenny Cortellino is eliminated in third place, earning $214,449. There will be a short break before heads-up play begins.

Pot Size  –  3,105,000

Lenny Cortellino  –  Out in 2nd Place ($214,449)
Vadim Trincher  –  3,700,000
Amnon Filippi  –  4,160,000