Chris Bjorin Eliminated in 3rd Place (￡70,473)
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From the button, Phil Laak opened the pot to 30,000, and Andrew Pantling called from the small blind. In the big, though, Chris Bjorin pushed out his tall tower of red chips and verbally declared himself all in. It took just about two seconds for Laak to re-shove all in, and Pantling's cards hit the muck. With Bjorin at risk, the cards were on their backs:
Laak: 
Bjorin: 
Oof! Bjorin just laughed it off as poor timing, but he had to be awfully put out to run into such a monster hand at such a monster time. The flop wouldn't make things any better either. The dealer spread out 
, and Laak almost fell out of his chair with surprise. Bjorin was already shaking hands and packing his gear as the turn and river 
and 
completed the board.
It was another remarkable WSOPE performance for the double bracelet winner, but his bid for number three has come up just short. Bjorin is out in 3rd place, taking home more than ￡70,000 for his efforts. Oh, and he's just in time to catch the start of WSOPE Event #2, the ￡5,000 PLO funfest.