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Gus Hansen Eliminated from WSOP
Gus Hansen was eliminated in 160th place from the WSOP. (Bodog Beat Image)"]
We just saw three heavy hitting poker pros eliminated from the WSOP here in Day 5: Hoyt Corkins, Chip Jett and Gus Hansen.
Hansen made a repeat of last year's WSOP performance by building a big stack and then losing it all after a deep run. Only minutes ago he had well over a million in chips and then was crippled and then eliminated in two hands in a row.
The backbreaking hand came when there was 600,000 in the pot and a flop of 
. Hansen bet 189,000 and Jeremy Joseph pushed all-in for 520,000. Hansen had him covered and thought about it for a while before calling with 
for the open-ended straight draw. Jospeh showed 
for ace-high. The turn came the 
and the river the 
giving Joseph the pot with ace-high.
The next hand Hansen pushed after a flop of 
while holding 
. Chris Crilly called with 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
giving Crilly the straight and ending Gus Hansen's WSOP run.
Hansen, Corkins, and Jett all cashed for $41,816 and were eliminated in 160th, 161st, and 162nd positions respectively.
There are 158 players left in the field, five are women and one is a former WSOP champion, Phil Hellmuth.