Event 23: 5th Place - Lubin

$250 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (1 Re-Entry)

Allan Lubin (Watchung, NJ)
$4,290

Allan Lubin will always wonder what could have been as he's knocked out by Eliano Mesquita on the river.

Three players see a flop of 7♦ 6♦ 5♠

Mesquita checks
Lubin bets 300k
Dave Grandieri folds
Mesquita moves all in
Lubin snap calls

Lubin: K♦ 8♦ (flush draw)
Mesquita: 10♥ 8♠

(both players have open ended straight draws, a non-diamond 4 gives the pot to Lubin, a non-diamond 9 gives the pot to Mesquita)

Turn: 2♣ (Mesquita has 6 outs and only wins the hand 11% of the time)

River: 9♣

Both players hit a straight on the river, but Mesquita's 10 high straight is best and knocks Lubin out in 5th place. Mesquita now has more than 4 million of the 7.6 million chips in play.