"August $100,000" (Flight 1A): Spadafore Rockets Up The Leaderboard

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 84
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 20

Michael Spadafore (Delray Beach, FL) 

Rich Havran would open shove from UTG at Table 9 for 27,000, with Vitaly Shafran three-betting to 70,000 after one fold.  The rest of the table would fold around to Michael Spadafore, who was in the big blind.  Spadafore took a look at his cards, and then announced a call (for 59,000), with everyone at the table waiting to see the player's holdings.

Shafran: 9♥ 9♦

Havran: K♣ 10♠

Spadafore: A♠ K♠

The board would run out 10♥ 3♠ 3♣ A♥ 3♥, with Havran flopping the lead, only to see Spadafore spike an ace on the turn.  The ace would be good enough for Spadafore to more than double, and he'd become the chip leader with one level remaining in the afternoon (160,000).