Event 3: John Kern – 6th Place ($1,240)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 74

John Kern
John Kern

Stud 8

John Simcox:  (XxXxAd
John Kern:  (XxXx7c

A short-stacked John Kern was all in on third street against John Simcox.

Simcox:  (8s7dAd
Kern:  (3c2d7c

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Simcox:  (8s7dAd5d4hQd  (Ah)
Kern:  (3c2d7cJc10s9c  (4d)

Simcox made a pair of aces with an eight-seven low, while Kern’s runout did not help in the slightest.

“So jack high didn’t win half?” joked Kern, exiting in sixth place.

John Simcox   –  180,000  (11 big bets)
John Kern  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,240)