After two close calls this year Mitch Schock earned his first WSOP bracelet early Saturday morning.

“It’s incredible. There’s probably 500 people following me online back in North Dakota. I think I’m the first bracelet winner from North Dakota,” said Schock. “Everybody will be patting on the back, I’m going to get a lot of free drinks back home.”

Schock was one of 22 players who started Day 3 with the bracelet in sight but he was 14th in chips. By the time the final table rolled around some five hours later Schock was still alive sitting second in chips. It didn’t take long for the first player to hit the rail. Playing Omaha, Rami Boukai and Tyler Patterson got into a preflop raising war that saw all of Boukai’s chips end up at risk. Patterson turned over A A K J and Boukai had A K K J. The board ran out Q-8-2-T-2 and Boukai, who won this very event in 2009, was out in ninth place for $23,119.

Jonas Mackoff was the next player sent home. Mackoff opened for a raise, Carter Gill re-raised and Mackoff responded by moving all-in. Gill called and tabled K K T 7 while Mackoff showed A K J 7. The flop came J T 5 giving Mackoff outs to a straight. The 5 turn and 9 river though failed to help and the Canadian was out in eighth for $30,040.

Gill then picked up two more eliminations in a single hand. Again playing Omaha, David Lestock opened with a raise to 70,000, Gill called and James Vanneman moved all-in for 240,000. Lestock called all-in and Gill called as well. Vanneman showed Q Q J 9, Lestock had Q Q 5 5 and Gill found himself with the worst of it with 9 7 5 4. The flop came 7 4 2 giving Gill two pair. Neither the 3 turn or K river were of any help to Vanneman or Lestock who were eliminated in sixth and seventh place respectively.

When the final table began Patterson was in control with nearly 1.4 million in chips – double his closest competitor. That lead didn’t translate into a bracelet though as Patterson was sent home by Schock in fifth place in the biggest pot of the tournament to this point. Playing Hold’em Patterson raised from the button and Schock called from the big blind. The flop came K 6 2 and Schock checked. Patterson led out for 55,000 and Schock called. The T hit the turn and that’s when things got interesting. Schock checked, Patterson bet 125,000 before Schock put in a check-raise to 450,000. Patterson eventually moved all-in and Schock called. Patterson held A K but was trailing Schock’s flopped two pair with T 6. The turn and river both failed to improve Patterson’s hand and he was out in fifth place for $71,317.

That hand set off a flurry of action as the first of three players eliminated in a span of 30 minutes. Schock now held more chips than the other remaining three players combined but it was Rodney Brown who got busy. Brown first sent Carter Gill out in fifth playing Omaha. On a J 7 4 board Gill got the last of his stack in the middle holding Q Q J 9 for an overpair and a flush draw. Brown held 8 5 4 4 for bottom set. Gill was unable to improve his hand and was out in fourth for  $97,773.

The lone European player at the final table was Brown’s next victim. Brown opened the pre-flop betting with a pot-sized raise and Collado re-potted it from the small blind. Brown came over the top once more and Collado called all-in. Brown flipped up A 9 while Collado showed 7 6. The board ran out T 9 3 6 3 and the German was out in third place for $135,921.

Despite having picked up back-to-back eliminations, Brown was still trailing Schock when heads-up play began. Shock had 3,245,000 to the 1,300,000 of Brown. The two played heads-up for four hour and 17 minutes with the two players swapping the chip lead numerous times. The final hand of the night came just 52 minutes the hard-stop rule would have come into play.

Final Table Payouts

1. Mitch Schock - $310,225
2. Rodney Brown - $191,618
3. Jan Collado - $135,921
4. Carter Gill – $97,773
5. Tyler Patterson – $71,317
6. James Vanneman – $52,747
7. David Lestock – $39,539
8. Jonas Mackoff – $30,040
9. Rami Boukai – $23,119

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