Hands #64-65: Matt Salsberg Eliminated in 7th Place ($40,500)

Photo:  Season 11 WPT Player of the Year Matt Salsberg

HAND #64  –  Eric Afriat raises from the hijack to 225,000, and David Ha calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Ha checks, Afriat bets 200,000, and Ha folds, showing one card — the .

Afriat flashes an ace of his own as he takes the pot.

HAND #65  –  Eric Afriat raises UTG+1 to 225,000, and Matt Salsberg moves all in from the cutoff for 1,375,000. Harvey Castro calls from the button, and Afriat thinks for a while before he folds.

Salsberg turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive against Castro’s .

Salsberg says, “The ten of spades is coming.”

The flop comes , and while it isn’t the ten of spades, Salsberg takes a huge lead with a set of tens.

But the turn card is — the . Castro retakes the lead with a set of jacks, and now Salsberg is drawing to a single out in the deck — the ten of spades that he predicted before the flop.

Unfortunately for Salsberg, the river card is the . Castro wins the pot with his set of jacks to eliminate Salsberg in seventh place.

Matt Salsberg  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($40,500)

The final six players are now verifying their chip stacks and filling out their WPT bio sheets for tomorrow’s WPT Final Table, which is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am.

The action will be live-streamed, with the WPT Live Stream scheduled to begin at 11:30 am PDT with hole cards and expert commentary.

Stay tuned for official chip counts.