Hands #49-50: Patrick Eskandar Eliminated in 5th Place ($50,000); Chase Bricker Pulls Another $25,000 Bounty

Photo:  Patrick Eskandar

HAND #49  –  Daniyal Gheba raises from the button to 500,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #50  –  Patrick Eskandar moves all in under the gun for 1,775,000, and Chase Bricker calls from the button with .

Eskandar turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and both players flop a pair but improve no further. Bricker wins the pot with a pair of kings to eliminate Eskandar in fifth place.

Chase Bricker  –  8,525,000  (34 bb)
Patrick Eskandar  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($50,000)

Bricker gets to pull another random Mystery Bounty envelope, and he opens up his envelope to reveal …

$25,000!

It’s the second $25,000 bounty for Bricker, and the last of the third-largest mystery bounties. All that remains is the $50,000 bounty (second largest) and the two $10,000 bounties (second lowest).

Photo:  Patrick Eskandar is interviewed by Drea Renee after his elimination.