Lee Watkinson Eliminated by Phil Hellmuth

Lee Watkinson raises to 5,200 from the cutoff, WPT Raw Deal Analyst Phil Hellmuth calls from the button, and Jeremy Ausmus calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , Ausmus checks, Watkinson bets 15,000, Hellmuth raises all in for about 60,000, Ausmus folds, and Watkinson tanks for a bit before he calls all in for slightly less than Hellmuth’s stack.

Watkinson:
Hellmuth:

Hellmuth leads with a pair of queens against Watkinson’s open-ended straight draw.

The turn and river completes the board, giving Hellmuth kings and queens to score the elimination.

Phil Hellmuth – 145,000 (73 bb)
Lee Watkinson – Eliminated