Steven Warburton Eliminated in 3rd Place ($534,000)
Level 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
On the hand after losing most of his stack, Steven Warburton shoved for 18,400,000 from the small blind with ![]()
and Arsenii Karmatckii snap-called in the big blind holding ![]()
.
Both players hit a pair on the ![]()
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flop but Warburton was still behind Karmatckii's ace-kicker. Warburton picked up a flush draw on the
turn as his rail began chanting for a spade. The river came the
and Warburton, who spent most of the final table as the overwhelming chip leader, was eliminated in third place.
Karmatckii and Hannes Jeschka are now on a short break before the start of heads-up play.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,800,000 | |
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47,100,000
12,400,000
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12,400,000 |
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Busted | |