Event 10: Craig Chait – 3rd Place ($4,395)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 102

Craig Chait
Craig Chait

With the board showing AsKh7h2c on the turn, Craig Chait got it all in from the big blind against chipleader Rene Herrera in the small blind.

Rene Herrera:  AhJd5h3h  (pair of aces, heart flush draw, gutshot wheel draw)
Craig Chait:  Ac8c3s2s  (two pair, aces and deuces, 7-3 low draw)

The river card was the 9h, and there were no qualifying lows. Herrera made his ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Chait in third place.

Craig Chait  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($4,395)

With two players remaining, the average chip stack is about 612,000 (51 big blinds). The runner-up will earn $6,475, while the winner will pick up $9,715 and an RRPO Trophy.

Here are the updated chip counts for the final two players:

Rene Herrera  –  728,000  (61 bb)
Michael P. Daud  –  496,000  (41 bb)