Event 9: Nissim Vaknin Out 3rd

$570 No Limit Hold’em Double Black Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 24: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Nissim Vaknin
Nissim Vaknin

Will Failla moved all in from the small blind, and Nissim Vaknin called all in from the big blind for 175,000 with 9c8c. Failla turned over 2h2d, and Vaknin needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Ks10s4h10d7d, and the pocket deuces held up for Failla to win the pot and eliminate Vaknin in third place.

Nissim Vaknin  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,831)

Here’s how the final two players stacked up before heads-up play, with the blinds increasing to 10,000-20,000 and a 3,000 ante:

Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,090,000  (54 bb)
Will Failla  –  600,000  (30 bb)

And the prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $15,716
2nd:  $9,126