Hand #109: Alejandro Jauregui Eliminated in 3rd Place ($172,000)

Photo:  Alejandro Jauregui

HAND #109  –  Alejandro Jauregui raises from the button to 500,000, and Jeremy Joseph calls from the small blind.

The flop comes , Joseph checks, Jauregui bets 400,000, and Joseph check-raises to 1,150,000. Jauregui thinks for a while before he calls.

The turn card is the , Joseph bets 2,500,000, and Jauregui moves all in for 6,100,000.

Joseph quickly calls with for a pair of kings, and Jauregui turns over for an open-ended straight draw. Jauregui needs to improve to stay alive.

The river card is the , and Joseph wins the pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Alejandro Jauregui in third place.

Seat 1.  Scott Eskenazi  –  11,175,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2.  Alejandro Jauregui  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($172,000)
Seat 3.  Jeremy Joseph  –  18,225,000  (73 bb)

There will be a short break before heads-up play begins.