Level 39 (Blinds 500,000/1,000,000/100,000)
Total Entries: 4,179
Players Remaining: 3
Chip Average: 27,895,000
Final Table Hand: 84
Ryan Jones (Burlington, NC)
We’ve lost two players in back to back hands, both getting sent to the rail by David Hom and the two best starting hands in poker.
The first saw the short stacked Ryan Jones move all-in from the button or just under 6,000,000 chips and get snap called by Hom in the small blind.
Hom would turn over {Ks}{Kh} and be a huge favorite to make the elimination as Jones held {Kc}{9h}.
Jones was visibly frustrated as his roller coaster ride of an Event 1 Final Table looked like it was coming to a sudden and abrupt halt.
He’d pick up some hope on the flop as the board came down {Jd}{Qc}{3d}, giving himself outs to a straight.
They wouldn’t get there, as the board would double pair as the {Jh} and {3h} completed the community and would eliminate Jones in 4th place.
Jones had the “best” tournament resume of the entire Final Table coming in and he has certainly improved on that here today, besting his previously biggest score by close to $80,000 as he will make just under $120,000 for his 4th place finish.
We’d update David Hom’s chip count, but he wasn’t finished eliminating players just yet…