Event 56: Justin Liberto – 3rd Place ($70,000)

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 117

On the turn of a Qh7s3dJc board with roughly 300,000 in the pot, Justin Liberto bet 130,000 from the small blind and Randall Emmett called in the big blind.

The river was the 3c, Liberto bet about 240,000 (leaving 5,000 behind), Emmett raised all in, and Liberto folded.

Emmett showed Js8s for jacks and treys as he collected the pot.

Down to 5,000, Liberto busted the next hand in third place.

Randall Emmett  –  1,425,000  (29 bb)
Elior Sion  –  915,000  (18 bb)
Justin Liberto  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($70,000)

1st:  $141,300 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $95,000