Event 17 (Day 3): 3rd Place - Ulises Roman ($39,555)

Level 27 (Blinds 12,000/24,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 178
Players Remaining: 2
Chip Average: 2,670,000

3rd Place - Ulises Roman

Ulises Roman was well behind both Christian Harder and Brian Hastings when he woke up to a pocket pair on the button. He pre-flop raised to 63,000 before Hastings re-raised over the top. Roman announced all-in and Hastings quickly called.

Hastings: A♦ 10♠      Roman: 8♦ 8♣

Flop: 6♥ 4♠ 3♥
Turn: 3♣
River: 10♥

Roman's pair was holding up quite well in the race until Hastings paired his 10x on the river. He takes home $39,555 for the third-place finish.

As Hastings and Harder enter into heads up play, both players have over 2,000,000 chips, but Hastings has the early advantage by about a 1.2 million chip margin.