Dec 17, 2023
Photo: Paulius Vaitiekunas
Upeshka De Silva opens to 50,000 UTG+1 and receives calls from John Anderson in the hijack and Ryan Wolfson in the cutoff. Paulius Vaitiekunas three-bets to 135,000 in the big blind and action folds back to Wolfson, who announces he’s all in.
Vaitiekunas asks for a count, which is totaled to 1,465,000, and he thinks for a few moments before calling.
Wolfson shows and asks if he’s up against a bigger pair. Vaitiekunas confirms, showing .
The board runs out — Wolfson asks for a nine after the flop, then asks for no nine on the turn. He hits his set on the river, but Vaitiekunas makes a straight and remains on top to eliminate Wolfson from the tournament.
Paulius Vaitiekunas – 4,950,000 (198 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – 2,735,000 (109 bb)
John Anderson – 730,000 (29 bb)
Ryan Wolfson – Eliminated in 271st Place ($23,200)