Championship 3rd Place – James Mackey ($441,128)

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 200k/400k/50k ante

James Mackey (Kansas City, MO)
James Mackey (Kansas City, MO)
$441,128

On the last hand of the level, James Mackey moves all in for 6.8 million and Vinny Pahjua snap calls.

Pahuja: 9s9c
Mackey: Kc7c

Flop: Th6h2d (Pahuja still leads)

Turn: Qd (no change)

River: Jc

Mackey misses his three-outs on the river and Pahuja wins the hand with a pair of 9s.

Mackey earns $441,128 for his third place finish.

The pivotal hand for Mackey came earlier in the level when he called Afriat’s 6 million river bet and mucked against the nut flush.

Heads Up Chip Counts

Eric Afriat 38.6 Million
Mukul Pahuja 15.1 Million