Alan Cutler Eliminated in 5th Place ($223,497)

In the first hand Cutler raised from the button to 175,000 and Gomes moved all in over the top for all of his chips. Cutler asked to take a look at the payout sheet before making the call.
Cutler:


Gomes:


The flop came





The very next hand Cutler raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to Marco Johnson in the big blind who moved all in. Cutler snap-called for about 700,000 and the cards were tabled.
Cutler:


Johnson:


The board was once again cruel to Cutler as Johnson spiked a two-outer when it arrived





In devastating back-to-back bad beats Alan Cutler goes from one of our chip leader to being eliminated in 5th place for $223,497.