$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 585

On the third round of hand-for-hand play, Stu Hankin burst the money bubble eliminating an unknown player in 80th place. On the fateful hand, the board laid . Hankin was in the big blind with the unknown player in late position. The action was unknown, but the late position player had a bet of 11,500 in front of him while Hankin had 28,000 pushed out. Action was on the late position player and he raised to 66,500 leaving himself about 100,000 behind. It was Hankin’s turn to act and he shoved having the late position player well covered.

The late position player thought out loud making it known he put Hankin on five-four — a straight draw. The late position player called for his tournament life.

Hankin: for a top pair
Late position player: for queen-jack high

Turn and river:

Hankin’s pair held and the late position player was eliminated on the bubble. The final 79 players locked up a payday of at least $4,900.

Stu Hankin – 528,000