Event 17 (Day 3): 4th Place - John O'Brien ($27,860)

Level 27 (Blinds 12,000/24,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 178
Players Remaining: 3
Chip Average: 1,780,000

4th Place - John O'Brien

On the first hand of Level 27, the two shortest stacks at the table went head to head.

John O'Brien pushed all-in from the small blind with less than 400,000 chips remaining. Christian Harder thought for approximately 0.004 seconds before calling and flipping over a big blind special.

Harder: A♠ A♦      O'Brien: 10♥ 9♥

Flop: 10♣ 7♣ 2♣
Turn: 8♠
River: 4♦

O'Brien got some life on the flop when the 10 gave him 5 outs, but it wasn't meant to be. He takes home $27,860 for the fourth-place finish.

The three remaining players have these chip stacks:

Brian Hastings: 3.4 million
Christian Harder: 1.2 million
Ulises Roman: 800,000