Sean Drake Eliminated in 3rd Place ($619,521)
Level 40
: 500,000/1,000,000, 150,000 ante
Hand #95: Sean Drake raised to 2.4 million from the small blind and Hugo Pingray defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Drake continued for 2.1 million before Pingray pushed out three stacks of chips amounting to a bet of 6.9 million. Drake deliberated for a few moments before moving all in for 28,050,000 with Pingray instantly calling.
Drake:
Pingray:
With Drake needing to spike a diamond to stay alive, the fell on the turn to give him an additional two outs to stay alive.
However when the landed on the river, Drake hit the rail in 3rd place for a $619,521 payday as both Pingray and Joseph McKeehen are now heads up.