Mike Ellis Eliminated

Ellis had spoken to me during the break about his dilemma, short-stacked, under-the-gun next hand and facing an aggressive table. Although he considered pushing his remaining 60,000 in on the very first hand back, he decided that it would be best to wait for the big blind to hit, hope an aggressive player raised it up and then take him on with whatever two cards he was dealt.

In the end, that's pretty much what happened. With serial raiser Blair Hinkle raising it up to 53,000 from early position, Ellis, poised and ready to push as others before him folded, shoved all in from the big blind for 7,000 more.

Of course, Hinkle called, and duly showed a {J-Clubs}