Sep 27, 2022
Photo: Naj Ajez
HAND #187 – Po Ho raises from the button to 1,000,000, Naj Ajez moves all in from the big blind for 7,600,000, and Ho calls with .
Ajez turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and Ho pairs his four on the flop and rivers trips to win the pot and eliminate Ajez in third place.
Naj Ajez – Eliminated in 3rd Place (AUD $310,675)
Here are the updated chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the remaining payouts:
Po Ho – 21,000,000 (42 bb)
David Tang – 14,500,000 (29 bb)
1st: AUD $647,470* (~US $425,712*)
2nd: AUD $421,635 (~US $277,225)
Reminder: During heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.
NOTE: For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of AUD $1.00 = US $0.6575.
* First-prize amount includes an AUD $15,000 prize package that includes travel to Las Vegas and the winner’s US $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.