Barry Shulman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($239,187)

Hand #118: Freek Scholten shoved all in from the small blind and was met by a quick call from Barry Shulman.

Freek Scholten:
Barry Shulman:

Shulman was in with the worst of it as they headed into the flop, with his wife Allyn calling for "an ace for my baby!"

The poker Gods may not have heard as there was no ace on the board but it was an interesting board nonetheless. Though Scholten had hit his set, it was accompanied by a sweat, as Shulman had picked up an open-ended straight draw and running flush outs.

The turn was a , putting the flush hopes to bed and the river was a , denying Shulman his third bracelet. He received $239,187 for his third-place finish, putting him over the $5.5M mark in lifetime winnings.