Event 40: Jose Parra – 3rd Place ($10,375)

$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 873

Jose Parra
Jose Parra

Jose Parra was all in from the big blind for about 750,000 with 10c9c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the JsJh of Gonzalo Garcia on the button.

The board came 7s7h2h4h2s, and the pocket jacks held up for Garcia to win the pot and eliminate Parra in third place.

Jose Parra  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($10,375)

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

Gonzalo Garcia  –  8,300,000  (66 bb)
Andre Bryan  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $21,970 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $14,925

3rd:  Jose Parra  –  $10,375
4th:  Victor Nassif  –  $7,470
5th:  Anton Kutsenko  –  $5,730
6th:  Steven Langert  –  $4,435
7th:  Kevin Buldo  –  $3,595
8th:  Ronald Katz  –  $2,825
9th:  Bradley Young  –  $2,105