Saturday, January 28, 2023 10:48 PM Local Time
From Chip Leader to Dust, Phillips is Bryant's Kryptonite
Jesse Bryant was looking like to be the clear front runner to be one of the top stacks to bag at the end of the night but ended up getting a in a tussle with Tyler Phillips which resulted in his early departure.
It all started when Phillips raised under the gun and then called a 20,000 three-bet from Bryant, bringing the two heads-up to a flop.
Phillips check-called a 40,000 continuation bet from Bryant, and the fell on the turn. Phillips checked again, calling a 90,000 bet from Bryant to see the complete the board on the river.
Phillips checked once again and then snap-called the 150,000 bet Bryant tossed out.
Bryant showed , saying he had a busted flush draw which he tossed into the muck while Phillips showed to win the pot.
Tyler Phillips - 750,000
Jesse Bryant - 250,000
A few short hand later, the two would tussle once again, this time with Bryant getting his 250,000 stack in the middle preflop.
Phillips held a dominating against Bryant's and Bryant failed to pull ahead ending his Main Event run.
Tyler Phillips - 1,000,000
Jesse Bryant - Eliminated