Championship: 5th Place - Papola

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

 Jeff Papola (Monmouth Beach, NJ) 

$85,344

Blinds 40k/80k/5k ante

Scott Baumstein opens to 160k, Jeff Papola calls from the SB, Vinny Pahuja is all in from the BB.

Baumstein folds, Papola calls and puts his last 1.6 million at risk.

Papola: A 2

Pahuja AK

 

Papola picks up a flush draw, but bricks the river and is out 5th place.

"You're never happy unless you get first place," says Papola, "but I'm happy."