Rui Ferreira Eliminated in 3rd Place ($66,626); Mads Amot in 2nd Place ($92,150)
Blinds: 1,250,000/2,500,000/300,000
Connor Drinan, who managed to double through Rui Ferreira not long before, just went from sitting with a single big blind to champion in less than 10 minutes!
First, he dispatched Ferreira in third place after the two got in a preflop raising way.
Rui Ferreira:
Connor Drinan:
Drinan was on the right side of the aces-versus-king clash and he held after the board ran out a clean . Ferreira had to settle for third place and $66,626.42 in prize money.
Drinan went on to take a more than 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play against Mads Amot, and within a matter of hands closed out the victory. The Norwegian player had to settle for second place and $92,150.19 in prize money.