$10,500 High Roller: Brad Owen Eliminated in 3rd Place ($107,800)

Joao Simao completes the small blind to 60,000, Brad Owen raises from the big blind to 225,000, and Simao limp-shoves all in.

Owen calls all in for about 700,000 with , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against Simao’s .

The board comes — Simao flops a pair of jacks to Owen’s gutshot straight draw, but Owen improves no further. Simao wins the pot with his pair of jacks to eliminate Owen in third place.

Brad Owen  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($107,800)

There will be a short break before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Ian Bradley  –  4,280,000  (71 bb)
Joao Simao  –  3,420,000  (57 bb)

And here are the payouts:

1st: $240,625
2nd: $154,000

3rd: Brad Owen  –  $107,800
4th: Ethan “Rampage” Yau  –  $77,000
5th: István Birizdó  –  $57,365
6th: Pavel Plesuv  –  $44,275
7th: Jim Collopy  –  $35,035
8th: Andrew Lichtenberger  –  $28,875
9th: Shunsuke Tokoo  –  $25,025