Hand #116: Jay Lu Eliminated in 3rd Place ($675,000)

Photo:  Jay Lu (center)

Calvin Anderson limps from the button for 4,000,000, Aaron Pinson completes the small blind, and Jay Lu moves all in from the big blind for 75,200,000.

Anderson folds, and Pinson quickly calls with .

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

The board comes , and Pinson wins the pot with a pair of aces and his ten kicker to eliminate Jay Lu in third place.

Seat 1.  Calvin Anderson  –  120,300,000
Seat 3.  Aaron Pinson  –  301,100,000
Seat 6.  Jay Lu  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($675,000)

Photo:  Aaron Pinson (left) and Jay Lu shake hands after Lu’s elimination

There will be a short break before heads-up play. Here are the official chip counts, followed by the final table payouts:

Seat 1.  Calvin Anderson  –  120,300,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Pinson  –  301,100,000  (75 bb)

1st:  $1,386,280*
2nd:  $910,000

3rd:  Jay Lu  –  $675,000
4th:  Jon Glendinning  –  $505,000
5th:  Bob Buckenmayer  –  $380,000
6th:  Valeriy Pak  –  $290,000

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into next season’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.