Joe Maas battled all day long to get this far but he finally ran out of steam.

Maas bet out 200,000 chips and Matt Kirby raised to 590,000. Maas moved all-in for his remaining 710,000 and Kirby made the call. Maas turned over and was in a race with Kirby’s . Kirby caught up on the flop and the board ran out to finish off Maas.

Joe Maas finishes in 3rd place winning $43,444.

We now move into heads-up play with Michael Esquivel holding 5,415,000 chips against Matt Kirby’s 3,995,000.