Championship: Upeshka De Silva Eliminated in 3rd Place ($200,640)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 760

Upeshka De Silva
Upeshka De Silva

Patrick Mahoney completed in the small blind, and Upeshka De Silva raised to 685,000 in the big. Mahoney called.

The flop was Ks9h5s. Mahoney checked, De Silva continued for 535,000, and Mahoney called. The turn was the Jd, and Mahoney check-called another 905,000. The river was the 3s. Mahoney checked for a third time, and De Silva moved all in for 3,840,000. Mahoney called to put him at risk.

De Silva: KcQs (pair of kings)
Mahoney: Js9s (king-high flush)

Mahoney’s hand improved on every street, and the river call gave him the pot and the knockout. De Silva, the long-standing chip leader of this event, was eliminated in third place.

Mahoney and Matt Humphrey are now heads-up for the Championship title, with the former holding a chip led of more than 2:1.

Patrick Mahoney – 15,575,000 (78 bb)
Matt Humphrey – 7,200,000 (36 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – Eliminated in 3rd place ($200,640)