Hands #182-183: Ankit Ahuja Eliminated in 3rd Place ($189,000)

Photo:  Ankit Ahuja

HAND #182  –  Everyone folds to Artem Vezhenkov, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #183  –  Artem Vezhenkov moves all in from the small blind, and Ankit Ahuja uses a Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before he calls all in for 1,100,000 with .

Vezhenkov turns over , and Ahuja needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and the double-paired board brings a lot of chop outs, but the river card is too low to save Ahuja. Vezhenkov wins the pot with his jack to eliminate Ahuja in third place.

Ankit Ahuja  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($189,000)

Photo:  Ankit Ahuja (left) and Ronald Haverkamp (right) shake hands after Ahuja’s elimination.

Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Artem Vezhenkov  –  23,875,000  (119 bb)
Ronald Haverkamp  –  13,525,000  (68 bb)

Reminder:  In heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.

Photo:  Artem Vezhenkov (left) and Ronald Haverkamp pose for a photo before heads-up play begins.