Firova Finishes Jain Off (E#11-D3)

During three-handed play, Joe Firova and Rohit Jain clashed blind versus blind.

Firova limped in with A♥J♦ from the small blind on blinds of 250,000/500,000/500,000. Jain had red queens in the big blind and raised to 1,700,000. Firova shuffled some chips and then announced all in and Jain threw in one chip as a call. Firova was at risk for 14,900,000 effective.

Firova: A♥J♦
Jain: Q♥Q♦

The flop came down A♦T♣8♦. Firova took the lead. Jain's red queens would need to straighten out, flush out, or find a set by the river, otherwise Jain would be left with just under two big blinds.

Jain went unimproved on the runout of 8♣ and J♥. Firova now had the chip lead with 30.3 million; Michael Begham had 28.25 million and Jain was left with 950,000.

On the very next hand, Firova raised to 1 million and Jain went all in for less from the small blind. Begham folded his big blind.

Firova: A♦8♦
Jain: 9♥3♦
Board: A♣J♣4♠2♦K♣

Jain didn't receive much of a sweat with the ace high flop. The 2♦ on the turn gave him a gutshot wheel draw but the K♣ ended his tournament dream in third place for $105,650! 

Heads Up Chip Counts
Joe Firova - 32,200,000
Michael Begham - 27,250,000

Event 11 Day Three Payouts (Final Table)
1st: $231,430
2nd: $162,700
3rd: $105,650
4th: $78,260
5th: $59,120
6th: $47,780
7th: $39,450
8th: $31,230
9th: $23,240