Event 50: Aaron Gao – 3rd Place ($43,500)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $380,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 190

Aaron Gao
Aaron Gao

Aaron Gao got it all in from the button for 840,000 with KhKd, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the AhQc of Dylan Kahn in the small blind.

The board came Jc9c3c6s4c, and Kahn rivered a queen-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Gao in third place.

Aaron Gao  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($43,500)

Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Dylan Kahn  –  4,090,000  (68 bb)
Rick Mechammil  –  665,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $87,800 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $59,000

Dylan Kahn and Rick Mechammil
Dylan Kahn (left) and Rick Mechammil (right)

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