2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club

Main Event
Day: 3
123
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$226,395
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,131,990
Total Entries
778
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 778

Drazen Ilich Eliminated in 6th Place ($44,317)

Matthew O'Brien opened a can of worms with a raise to 110,000 from the hijack seat, and Drazen Ilich three-bet to 300,000 in the cutoff. O'Brien came right back over the top to 665,000, Ilich shoved in for about 2.6 million total, and O'Brien made the call to put a five-million-chip pot in the middle of the table. Monster flip for a third of the chips in play, anyone?

Showdown
O'Brien: {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Ilich: {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}

The {8-Spades} {J-Hearts} {Q-Spades} flop was a good sweat as O'Brien added another four outs to the win with the gutshot straight draw. The turn brought the {A-Spades} and a big lead for O'Brien with one to come, and Ilich was drawing dead to the last two nines in the deck. The river was an upside-down nine, but the {6-Hearts} was a miss for Ilich.

That's the end of his day in sixth place, and he'll snag nearly $45,000 for his efforts here in Palm Beach this long weekend.

Tags: Drazen IlichMatthew O'Brien