Event 14: Rafael Rodriguez – 3rd Place  ($31,000) v76n

$1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) Prize Pool:  $302,640  |   Payouts Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining:  2 of 312 2f284h

Rafael Rodriguez

Matthew Lambrecht raised from the button to 150,000, Rafael Rodriguez moved all in from the small blind for about 1,600,000, and Nicholas Chong called or shoved from the big blind.

Lambrecht quickly folded, and Rodriguez showed AdKh. Chong turned over QdQc, and Rodriguez needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 8c3c3dQhAs, and Chong turned a full house, queens full of threes, to clinch the pot and eliminate Rodriguez in third place.

Rafael Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($31,000)

Here are the updated chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Nicholas Chong  –  6,000,000  (80 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  3,350,000  (45 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $60,340 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $41,500

3rd:  Rafael Rodriguez  –  $31,000
4th:  Kevin DiPasquale  –  $23,100
5th:  Michael Garcia  –  $17,400
6th:  Cangir Elcin  –  $13,300
7th:  David DiBernardi  –  $10,200
8th:  Feiwen Wu  –  $7,900
9th:  Zhen Cai  –  $6,200

Reminder:  In heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.