May 16, 2022
Photo: Anees Puri
Without looking at his cards, Anees Puri moves all in under the gun for 225,000. James Mackey calls from the small blind, and James Hundt calls from the big blind. Any additional betting will create a side pot.
Both players check to the river on a board of , and Puri says, “That’s a good sign for me.”
Puri reminds everyone that he hasn’t looked at his cards yet, and he asks for a sweat.
Hundt says he has eight high, and shows .
Mackey turns over for queen high.
Puri slowly turns over one card, and it’s the . Not good enough. For his next card, he needs an ace, a king, a queen, a jack, a ten, or a five to stay alive.
Puri’s second card is — the .
Mackey wins the pot to eliminate Puri in seventh place, bursting the televised WPT Final Table bubble.
James Mackey – 5,050,000 (34 bb)
James Hundt – 9,000,000 (60 bb)
Anees Puri – Eliminated in 7th Place ($78,000)