Dajuan Whorley Eliminated in 3rd Place ($91,212)
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 0 ante
Allen Kessler entered the pot from the button with a raise to 70,000 and Dajuan Whorley defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Whorley checked and Kessler fired out a continuation-bet of 80,000 only to have Whorley check-raise to 175,000. Kessler moved all in and Whorley made the call for roughly his 300,000-chip stack.
Whorley:
Kessler:
With Whorley trailing, the on the turn saw him gain outs to a jack, ten or nine, but when the river landed the , Whorley was eliminated in third place for a $91,212 payday, leaving both Kessler and Brian Rast heads up.