Hand #73: Ben Heath Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,583,100)

Photo:  Ben Heath

Ben Heath raises from the cutoff to 12,900,000, Georgios Sotiropoulos moves all in from the big blind, and Heath calls all in for 17,900,000 with .

Sotiropoulos turns over , and Heath needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Heath flops a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Sotiropoulos flops a pair of aces, turns a club flush draw, and rivers two pair to win the pot and eliminate Heath in fifth place.

Seat 1.  Ben Heath  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,583,100)
Seat 2.  Andrew Lichtenberger  –  136,700,000  (68 bb)
Seat 3.  Dan Sepiol  –  130,500,000  (65 bb)
Seat 5.  Georgios Sotiropoulos  –  52,500,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6.  Chris Moorman  –  63,400,000  (32 bb)