$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 9:  400/800/100 Ante

In the second-to-last hand of the last level, Patrick Eskandar got it all in preflop for 8,675 with against the of Ricky Perez, who barely had him covered.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Eskandar to win the pot and double up in chips.

Patrick Eskandar  –  19,000  (24 bb)
Ricky Perez  –  425  (<1 bb)

Another player at the table pointed at Perez and said, “Watch this guy, because he’s going to make a big comeback.”

The next hand (the last hand of Level 8), Kamran Siddiqui raised under the gun to 1,400, the UTG+1 player called, and Perez called all in for 350. Eskandar called 1,400 from the cutoff, and the small blind called as well. In addition to the main pot worth 2,775, there was a side pot worth 4,200.

The flop came , and all four active players checked. The turn was the , the small blind checked, and Siddiqui bet 2,000. The UTG+1 player folded, Eskandar called, and the small blind folded.

The river card was the , putting a full house (aces full of nines) on the board. Siddiqui bet 4,000, and Eskandar tanked for a while before he called. Siddiqui turned over for a full house, aces full of kings, and Eskandar mucked.

Perez hadn’t looked at his hand yet, because he was so short he was shoving with any two cards. He needed an ace or pocket nines to stay alive, and he turned over — . Perez won the main pot to more than sixtuple up (6.5x) from 425 to 2,775.

Kamran Siddiqui  –  45,000  (56 bb)
Ricky Perez  –  2,775  (3.5 bb)

Update: While Perez made it to the break with hopes of continuing his comeback, he was unfortunately eliminated in the first hand of Level 9.

Ricky Perez  –  Eliminated