06-06-2008 17:14 UTC-7

Mihai Manole Eliminated in Fifth Place ($155,013)

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Mihai Manole Eliminated

Hand #50 - Theo Tran

Carter Gill has the button in seat 4. Theo Tran raises to 60,000 from under the gun. Mihai Manole reraises to 160,000 from the small blind. Matt Keikoan folds the big blind. Tran calls the raise and they go heads up to a flop of {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{3-Clubs}

{5-Spades}

.

Manole, first to act, bets 150,000. Tran puts in a raise of 200,000 more, making it 350,000 total. Manole reraises all in and Tran insta-calls. The players show:

Tran: {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{5-Hearts}

Manole:

{A-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

In the biggest pot of the day, Tran has a relative stranglehold on the hand and the deal is sealed when the {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

hits the turn. The river is a meaningless {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

and Manole is our fifth-place finisher. He'll collect over $150,000 for his three-day effort.