Kelsey Hendriks Eliminated in 3rd Place (AUD$39,060)

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Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Wow. Just wow. The chips are flying around the felt at a frenetic pace, so much so we are almost convinced that our field reporter has whiplash and amongst all the carnage, America's Kelsey Hendriks has found himself on the rail in third place.

Daniel Neilson folded on the button and Hendriks completed from the small blind before Tim O'Shea checked his option on the big blind to see a flop of {10-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {9-Diamonds} .

Hendriks checked, O'Shea led out for 65,000, but to everyone's surprised, Hendriks check-raised to 500,000! The crowd jostled for position, causing the rail to almost bend out of shape, but O'Shea didn't notice - he had already snap-shoved. Hendriks snap-called.

Hendriks: {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}
O'Shea: {8-Spades} {7-Spades}

To the American railbirds' horror, the {6-Spades} fell on the turn, giving O'Shea the straight and now both players were looking for anything in their suit to flush. The river ran red, but it was in the form of the {10-Hearts} , sending Hendriks to the rail to pick up a paycheck worth AUD$39,060.