There was a three-way preflop all-in in progress as Frank Lin was at risk along with Ari Mezrich while William Blais had the chance to take out both,
Frank Lin:
Ari Mezrich:
William Blais:
The flop came to give Mezrich top set and put him in firm control.
The turn was the to give Lin some hope of a straight but the river was the and Mezrich took down the big pot, Lin was eliminated and Blais dropped some from his large stack.
In a hand retold to PokerNews by Frank Lin, according to him he three-bet to 335,000 preflop over the 120,000 raise by William Blais.
The flop came . Lin bet 305,000, Blais raised all in for about 1,400,000 and Lin called.
Lin had the but would need to fade the of Blais.
The turn was the to keep Lin ahead but the river came the to river a straight for Blais and crack the aces of Lin as he was left with crumbs and Blais zoomed toward the top of the counts.