"MattEMenz" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,250)
On the last hand of Level 33 with blinds of 6,000/12,000, "MattEMenz" defended his big blind to an open of 24,000 from "spinach_kale", who was on the button.
The flop dropped 
and both players checked. The turn was 
and "MattEMenz" checked again. "spinach_kale" made a bet of 25,500 and "MattEMenz" check-raised to 130,500.
"spinach_kale" three-bet to 235,500 and "MattEMenz" went all in for slightly more, quickly receiving a call for hands to be tabled.
"MattEMenz": 
"spinach_kale": 
"MattEMenz" had found himself with top set and a trivial flush draw, ultimately in need of fading the outs that "spinach_kale" had to either a set of aces or the nut flush. Unfortunately for him, the river 
smashed resulted in his tournament life coming crashing down as "spinach_kale" wound up filling up to the nut flush to eliminate "MattEMenz" in third place for $2,250, taking the tournament heads up in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
846,875
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
563,125
271,250
|
271,250 |
|
|
Busted |