Event 18: 3rd Place - Hinds

$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 John Allan Hinds (Winterville, NC) 

$7,870

Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante 

Hinds raises to 85k from the button

Franco Bonacci makes it 185k

Hinds raises to 345k

Bonacci moves all in and has Hinds covered

Hinds calls 900k more

Hinds: 5♣ 5♥

Bonacci A♠ 8♦

Flop: 8♣ K♠ 10♠ (Bonacci pair of 8s)

Turn: 4♣

River Q♥

The pair of 8s wins the coin flip and Bonacci takes down a 2.6 million chip pot.  He has 4.2 of the 4.8 million chips in play as he's heads up with Brian Grogan for the title.

Hinds finishes in third place and earns $7,870.