Robert Portas Eliminated in 7th Place ($13,568)

With six highly experienced, highly skilled players surrounding him at the seven-handed Six-Max final table, amateur Robert Portas knew the score.

"These guys are tough to play with..." he told us earlier in the night. "They don't make it easy on ya."

After grinding a short stack for hours to reach the final table - quite the accomplishment all things considering - Portas finally succumbed to the inexorable pull of an enormous skill edge. And while Portas is obviously a great player having made this deep run against a stacked field, facing off against six pros and semi-pros was simply too much to ask.

Portas made his stand with an all-in shove for about 300,000 holding , but when Caufman Talley looked him up he knew the king-high was likely trailing badly. Sure enough, Talley tabled and his overpair was the big favorite, with the final board of pairing the wrong card for Portas.