Event 29: Leo Taffe – 3rd Place ($52,000)

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,020

Leo Taffe
Leo Taffe

Leo Taffe moved all in from the small blind for 11,600,000, and Michael Amato thought for a while before he called from the big blind with Qd9h.

Taffe turned over Qs10h, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Kd3c2h10cJc, and Taffe paired his ten on the turn, only to see Amato river a king-high straight to win the pot. Taffe was eliminated in third place.

Leo Taffe  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($52,000)

Here are the updated chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the final table payouts:

Michael Amato  –  81,100,000  (68 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  21,400,000  (18 bb)

1st:  $103,620 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $71,000

3rd:  Leo Taffe  –  $52,000
4th:  Ory Hen  –  $39,000
5th:  Alejandro Bristol  –  $29,500
6th:  Kuang Hung Lee  –  $22,600
7th:  Matt Paul  –  $17,400
8th:  Frank Brannan  –  $13,500
9th:  Victoria Livschitz  –  $10,600