Istvan Briski Eliminated in 3rd Place ($226,777)

Shirley Ang

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Istvan Briski raised to 6,000,000 from the button and Shawn Daniels defended his big blind.

They both checked through the 9?5?7? on the flop to the 4? on the turn. Daniels fired out a bet of 16,500,000 for Briski to quickly call.

The river completed the board with the 4? and Daniels shoved with the bigger stack. Briski jumped into the tank.

"Against anyone else, I would call," Briski muttered. "I have a shit blocker!" he added.

After a while, he called. Daniels revealed the K?9? for two pair, nines and fours. Briski got up from his chair, all defeated and shook Daniels's hand. Daniels prompted the dealer to reveal Briski's hand which was the A?J? for the pair of fours on the board and the ace-kicker in his hand.

Heads-up play continued immediately.