Cory Waaland Eliminated in 3rd Place ($87,842)

It was only a matter of time before Cory Waaland was going to have to go with a hand, and he recently went with two. One gave him a double, but the other send him out the door.

In the first, Waaland shoved all in for 685,000 from the small blind holding the and received a call from the of Lall Bharat. The board ran out and Waaland doubled to approximately 1.5 million.

Not long after, Kevin Saul raised to 165,000 from the button and then called when Waaland shipped from the small blind.

Saul:
Waaland:

Waaland got it in good, but he saw his lead evaporate on the flop. Saul had hit his ace to take a commanding lead in the hand. Neither the turn nor river was the six Waaland needed, and he shook hands with both his opponents before making his way to the payout desk in third place to collect $87,842.