$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 144

Matty Bretzfield has been chipleader for most of the final table, but things took a bad turn for him once it got down to three players.

Kevin Ruscitti doubled thru him about 15 minutes into three-handed play, which put a big dent in Bretzfield’s stack.

A few minutes later, Bretzfield lost another pot when Ruscitti made a jack-high flush against Bretzfield’s set.

Kevin Ruscitti  –  1,190,000  (48 bb)
Matty Bretzfield  –  680,000  (27 bb)

About 12 minutes later, after a flop of , Bretzfield got it all in form the big blind for 260,000 against Long Nguyen in the small blind.

Long Nguyen:    (two pair, seven-high flush draw)
Matty Bretzfield:    (pair of deuces, jack-high flush draw, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bretzfield turned a jack-high club flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Matty Bretzfield  –  600,000  (24 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  1,100,000  (44 bb)

The next hand, as the blinds increased to 15,000-30,000, Bretzfield got it all in preflop from the small blind for about 600,000 against Nguyen.

Long Nguyen:  
Matty Bretzfield:  

The board came — Bretzfield flopped a full house, deuces full of jacks, but Nguyen spiked an ace on the river to win the pot with a higher full house, aces full of deuces, eliminating Bretzfield in third place.

Matty Bretzfield  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($4,945)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the remaining payouts:

Long Nguyen  –  1,700,000  (57 bb)
Kevin Ruscitti  –  1,200,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $12,040
2nd:  $8,010