Event 5: Ethiel Garcia Comes From Behind

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 1,973

Ethiel Garcia

In three-way action, Francis Garcia was all in for his last few big blinds, Ethiel Garcia was also all in for 159,000, and Yigal Hen had both opponents covered and at risk.

F. Garcia: AdQc
E. Garcia: Ac8c
Hen: KsKd

The flop was Tc8s2h, leaving Hen in the lead but giving Ethiel Garcia two extra outs to try to survive. The 7d turn was a blank, but the Ah river was quite the opposite. Garcia improved to aces up, winning the pot to more than double-up. The come-from-behind win also sent Francis Garcia to the payout desk in 40th place.

After paying off his debt, Hen was left with just a handful of big blinds himself. “This is why I never win tournaments,” he lamented. “It’s always these bull*** two outs.”

Ethiel Garcia – 390,000 (20 bb)
Yigal Hen – 95,000 (5 bb)
Francis Garcia – Eliminated