Ido Ashkenazi Eliminated in 3rd Place ($78,659)

Just one hand before, Ido Ashkenazi had raised, Joseph McKeehen three-bet, and Ashkenazi called. The flop had brought three Broadway cards, including a king, and when Ashkenazi folded to McKeehen's flop bet, the pair were discussing what might have been.

Ashkenazi said he'd folded pocket eights while McKeehen said his hand had been , and the discussion was over what would have happened had Ashkenazi four-bet before the flop.

It appeared perhaps Ashkenazi had dodged a bullet, but on the very next hand the preflop reraising war that they were envisioning did in fact occur, although this time between Ashkenazi and Tony Sinishtaj.

Following an opening raise to 130,000 by Sinishtaj from the small blind, Ashkenazi made it 280,000 to go from a seat over, Sinishtaj pushed all in, and Ashkenazi quickly called.

Sinishtaj:
Ashkenazi:

The flop came and the turn the , and Ashkenazi was still ahead although needing to fade a number of river cards. Alas for him, the river brought the to pair Sinishtaj, and Ashkenazi's Main Event run has ended in third place.