Event 36: Luis Ortiz – 3rd Place ($69,000)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 940

Luis Ortiz
Luis Ortiz

Luis Ortiz was all in from the big blind for 1,550,000 with Qs10s, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the 5h4h of Fred Paradis in the small blind.

The board came 4s3c2cKsAh, and Paradis paired his four on the flop and rivered a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Ortiz in third place.

Luis Ortiz  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($69,000)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Fred Paradis  –  15,125,000  (76 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  13,100,000  (66 bb)

And here are today’s payouts:

1st:  $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $100,000

3rd:  Luis Ortiz  –  $69,000
4th:  Farid Dridi  –  $51,000
5th:  Michael Morton  –  $39,000