Championship Hands #22-24: Rick Alvarado Out 9th

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 27: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante

Hand #22  –  Larry Moccia raises from the button to 200,000 with 7c6c, Rick Alvarado moves all in from the big blind for 690,000 with AhQh, and Moccia folds. Alvarado takes the pot.

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Hand #23  –  Vlad Mezheritsky raises from middle position to 185,000 with 10h10c, taking the blinds and antes.

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Rick Alvarado
Rick Alvarado

Hand #24  –  Larry Moccia raises from the hijack to 240,000 with AdKd, Rick Alvarado moves all in from the button for 960,000 with Ah9s, and Moccia calls. Alvarado needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes KcQs8h7sJd, and Moccia wins the pot with a pair of kings to eliminate Alvarado in ninth place.

Seat 1.  Randy Pfeifer  –  5,110,000
Seat 2.  Larry Moccia  –  5,770,000
Seat 3.  Joseph Couden  –  1,465,000
Seat 4.  Rick Alvarado  –  Eliminated in 9th Place ($75,000)
Seat 5.  Paul Volpe  –  610,000
Seat 6.  Dan Colman  –  2,955,000
Seat 7.  Omar Zazay  –  3,665,000
Seat 8.  Vlad Mezheritsky  –  4,130,000
Seat 9.  Brian Phillis  –  3,520,000