We missed the beginning, but a huge hand was just played that spelled the end of Event 1 for Andrej Bachynsky and gave Jessie Wheatley a commanding lead going to heads up play.
The board read with a minimum (-ish) pot in the middle between Jessie in the BB and Andrej on the button. The turn came and Jessie checked, which was met with a quick shove from Andrej – and Jessie snap-called, flipping over for the turned trips, while Andrej could only respond with . The river was the and that was the end of Andrej’s tournament.
It was somewhat unlucky for Andrej because he played very well throughout the final day of action, driving the action most of the way and being one of the only players to make significant gains.
3rd place: Andrej Bachynsky, $16,260