Stephen Chidwick Eliminated in 3rd Place ($1,512,000)
Stephen Chidwick raised to 500,000 and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 1,000,000 out of the small blind. Chidwick moved all in for 1,010,000 and Haxton quickly called.
It was a race for Chidwick’s tournament life with his [ad][qh] up against Haxton’s [js][jd].
The flop was [jh][9d][3s] and Haxton flopped top set to leave Chidwick drawing to runners for Broadway. The turn was the [2d], which left Chidwick drawing dead to the [kc] river card. Chidwick hit the rail in third and earned $1.512 million for his efforts.
Haxton won the pot and took the chip lead into heads-up play against Alex Foxen.