Pieter Aerts Eliminated in 9th Place ($157,280)
Level 20
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Brian Breck opened to 450,000 from early position, which Chris Brewer and Pieter Aerts called from the cutoff and big blind.
Aerts opted to lead out on the Q♠J♠10♦ flop, betting 200,000, roughly half of his stack. Breck responded with a raise to 600,000, which saw Brewer fold, and Aerts put the rest of his stack into the middle.
Pieter Aerts: 7♠5♠
Brian Breck: K♣9♣
It was a flush draw versus a flopped straight, with Aerts needing to find a spade to survive.
The 2♦ turn and 9♥ river offered no help, though, eliminating him in ninth place.