06-12-2007 20:13 UTC-7

William Thorsson is Eliminated in Third Place

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William Thorsson lost most of his stack to Geoff Sanford in a huge pot. The two players three-bet before the flop, which came down {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

and the two players traded raises until all of Sanford's chips were in the middle. And that's when Thorsson learned that he'd been terribly unlucky -- his pocket sixes now trailed Sanford's {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{6-Spades}

. The river was the {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

and that left Thorsson with just 50K left.

He was eliminated on the next hand when he was forced to toss in the last of his chips in the big blind with {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

. Sanford finished the job he started with {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

, and William Thorsson finished in third place, winning $136,493.

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