Event 33: Giuseppe Calio – 3rd Place ($46,500)

$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 227

Giuseppe Calio
Giuseppe Calio

Giuseppe Calio got it all in from the big blind for about 940,000 with 4h4d, and needed to improve to stay alive against the AhAc of Mike Vanier in the small blind.

The board came KhJs5d7h9s, and the aces held up for Vanier to win the pot and eliminate Calio in third place.

Giuseppe Calio  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($46,500)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Mike Vanier  –  3,850,000  (64 bb)
Stanley Lee  –  685,000  (11 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $105,570 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $72,225