"Single-Day Series:" Richard Kirsch Eliminated In Fourth Place ($15,525)

$2,500 No Limit Hold'em
"Single-Day Series"
Level 21 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 Ante)
Total Entries: 75
Players Remaining: 3

Richard Kirsch (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 4th Place - $15,525

Richard Kirsch (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) was third in chips heading to the break, but would be eliminated on the final hand before said break started.  We start the action of his final hand (against Ian O'Hara) on the turn of a board reading A♣ J♦ 9♦ 8♠, after both players checked the flop.  Richard would check the turn, with Ian betting 75,000, and Kirsch announcing a check-raise to 225,000.  O'Hara then put together a three-bet to 500,000, and moments after he pushed that forward, Kirsch would announce himself all-in.  It was an action turn card, as Kirsch made a set of eights (8♣ 8♦), while O'Hara made the nut-straight (Q♣ 10♥).  The river brought the 5, and Richard would be eliminated in fourth place, leaving O'Hara with well over half of the chips in play.