Hand #84: Chris Csik Eliminated in 3rd Place ($52,367)

Photo:  Chris Csik (right) stands up after being eliminated in third place by Justin Liberto (left).

Hand #84  –  Justin Liberto min-raises from the button to 160,000, Chris Csik moves all in from the small blind for 1,600,000, and Liberto snap-calls with . Csik turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Liberto turns an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Csik in third place.

Chris Csik  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($52,367)

Here are the updated chip counts before heads-up play begins:

Justin Liberto  –  7,200,000  (90 bb)
Noah Shefrin  –  3,925,000  (49 bb)