Event 9: Alex Rocha – 3rd Place ($107,961)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 2,923

Alex Rocha

Alex Rocha and Nick Shkolnik limped and Vittorio Maraone raised to 1,900,000. Rocha called and Shkolnik released before the 8c7c7d flop. Both players checked and Maraone checked again after the 9d turn.

Rocha bet 1,350,000 and Maraone called to see the 3s river. Both players checked and Maraone tabled ace-high AsQd, good enough for the pot and Rocha dropped to 4,050,000.

On the next hand, Shkolnik opened to 900,000 from the button with Maraone and Rocha coming along to the Js5d4c flop. Maraone checked, Rocha moved all-in for 3,200,000, Shkolnik released, and Maraone called.

Maraone: 5s4h
Rocha: 3d2d.

Maraone was ahead with bottom two against Rocha’s open-ended straight draw. The Qh turn could not help Rocha and he was eliminated in third place on the 7h river.

Vittorio Maraone – 31,170,000 (78 bb)
Alex Rocha – Eliminated in 3rd place ($107,961)