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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.