Big Stax 1500 (Day 3): 12th Place - Patel ($9,937)

Level 24 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000)
Players Remaining: 11
Chip Average: 1,950,000

Akash Patel (Mechanicsburg, PA)
12th Place - $9,937

Akash Patel was beginning to build a little stack after getting some all-ins through, and scooping up little pots here and there.  He opened from the hijack and was called by Dan Wach in the big blind.  The flop would run out 7♠ 7♣ 9♠, and after being check-raised by Wach on the flop, Patel would three-bet jam:

Patel: K♥ 7♥      Wach: 5♠ 6♠

Turn: J♠

River: x

Patel would have himself in good position to double up, and get over the average for the first time since the middle of Day 2, but Wach's run good stole the pot away.