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Action folded to Jesse Sylvia in the hijack and he raised to 500. Tyson Apostol was on the button and quickly three-bet to 1,500. Sylvia called.

The flop came [qd9h8s] and Sylvia checked. Apostol bet 800 and Sylvia called. The turn was the [ac] and Sylvia checked again. Apostol bet 2,000. Sylvia went into the tank and after about a minute, check-raised to 4,000. Apostol moved all-in and Sylvia snap-called for 9,100, tabling [jdtd] for the nut straight. Apostol tabled [ahad] for a set of aces and needed the board to pair.

The river was the [8h] to pair the board and Apostol improved to aces full of eights to eliminate the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up, scooping the pot and his $500 bounty.

Tyson Apostol – 50,000
Jesse Sylvia – Eliminated