The pace and style of play changed considerably once the deal had been made, and in the hand that saw Justin Leeson’s elimination, Justin limped, Jason Griffith in the Small Blind called, and Michael Malm in the Big Blind opted to check.
The flop came 
and the players checked it around. The turn was the 
. This time Michael responded to the two early position checks by leading out to 150K. Justin immediately shoved over the top for his whole stack. Michael took a couple of seconds to verify that Justin’s stack was the size he had thought… and called.
Michael: 
Justin: 
Justin had quite a few outs to make his flush and beat Michael’s top pair, but only one card to come, which turned out to be the 
.
3rd place: Justin Leeson, $16,480
