Kevin MacPhee Eliminated in 5th Place ($62,791)


Pot-Limit Hold'em
On the button, Kevin MacPhee raised to 60,000. His only customer was Jose-Luis Velador in the big blind. The flop came down and action was checked by Velador to MacPhee. He fired a continuation bet worth 80,000 and then Velador raised to 200,000. MacPhee moved all in for about 500,000 total and after a minute in the tank, Velador made the call.
Velador held top pair with the and was ahead against MacPhee's
.
The turn was the and the river the
to keep Velador's pair of kings the best hand. He eliminated MacPhee in the hand and boomed his way up to over a 1.5 million in chips.