Event 9: 3rd Place - Souse

$350 + 50 Pot Limit Omaha     

Roger Souse (Durham, NC)

$2,159

Bruce Yamron had regained the chip lead, then this happened:

On a flop of 7 6 5, Roger Souse got all his chips in the middle.

Bruce had AK98 and had flopped the nuts.

Roger was drawing dead to a chop, which didn't happen.

Roger Souse finished in 3rd place, earning $2,159.

"I'm so tired, I can hardly see the cards" Roger said after busting out.  He drove all the way from his home in North Carolina (7 hours) and arrived today just 5 minutes before registration for this event closed.

Heads-up play began with Bruce Yamron holding a commanding lead.  He had just under 1 million chips to Eddy Vataru's 342k.