Govert Metaal Eliminated in 6th Place ($75,000)
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Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Joe Hachem opened the pot with "the usual" raise to 65,000, and Govert Metaal three-bet shoved a couple seats over. It was just a bit less than 500,000 total, and Hachem made the call to put his man to the test. When the cards were turned up, Metaal was flipping for his tournament life:
Hachem: 
Metaal: 
The 
flop was about as bad as it gets for Metaal as he was now reduced to just one out for his survival. He needed the dealer to find the 
in the deck, but the turn and river bricked off with the 
and 
respectively.
With that, Metaal becomes the sixth-place finisher, good for $75,000 to pad the bankroll. That pot also moves Hachem up into second place with about 3.1 million, and our final five are now guaranteed a six-figure payout.