Dec 15, 2024
Photo: Jacob Stufflebean
HAND #12 – Jason Christopher completes the small blind to 150,000, and Tyler Hancock checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes , Christopher checks, Hancock bets 150,000, and Christopher folds. Hancock takes the pot.
HAND #13 – Jacob Stufflebean bets 325,000, Daniyal Gheba reraises from the hijack to 900,000, and Stufflebean calls.
The flop comes , Stufflebean checks, Gheba bets 600,000, and Stufflebean check-raises to 1,200,000. Gheba moves all in, and Stufflebean tanks for about a minute before he calls all in for about 4,200,000 with .
But Gheba turns over , and Stufflebean needs to catch a six or something runner-runner to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and geb wins the pot with his pair of tens to eliminate Stufflebean in ninth place.
Daniyal Gheba – 17,300,000 (115 bb)
Jacob Stufflebean – Eliminated in 9th Place ($20,000)
Gheba also gets to pull a random Mystery Bounty envelope, and he opens up his envelope to reveal …
$200,000!
Gheba pulls the biggest of the eight mystery bounties on the first elimination of the night, and the chipleader gets literally richer after scoring the first knockout of the night.