Dec 4, 2023
Joao Simao completes the small blind to 60,000, Brad Owen raises from the big blind to 225,000, and Simao limp-shoves all in.
Owen calls all in for about 700,000 with , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against Simao’s .
The board comes — Simao flops a pair of jacks to Owen’s gutshot straight draw, but Owen improves no further. Simao wins the pot with his pair of jacks to eliminate Owen in third place.
Brad Owen – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($107,800)
There will be a short break before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Ian Bradley – 4,280,000 (71 bb)
Joao Simao – 3,420,000 (57 bb)
And here are the payouts:
1st: $240,625
2nd: $154,000
3rd: Brad Owen – $107,800
4th: Ethan “Rampage” Yau – $77,000
5th: István Birizdó – $57,365
6th: Pavel Plesuv – $44,275
7th: Jim Collopy – $35,035
8th: Andrew Lichtenberger – $28,875
9th: Shunsuke Tokoo – $25,025