$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,730

Patrick Capozziello was all in from the cutoff for 4,750,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Allan Maloney in the small blind with 5,750,000.

The board came , and Capozziello paired his jack on the flop, turned trips, and rivered a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Patrick Capozziello  –  10,300,000  (26 bb)
Allan Maloney  –  1,000,000  (3 bb)

A short while later, Capozziello raised from the cutoff to 1,200,000, and Maloney called all in from the small blind for 1,000,000. Joseph Rossi called the 1,200,000, creating a side pot of 400,000.

The flop came , and Rossi thought for a while before moving all in. Capozziello snap-called, and all three players turned over their cards.

Joseph Rossi:    (ace-high straight)
Patrick Capozziello:    (set of kings)
Allan Maloney:    (seven high)

Maloney was nearly drawing dead (unless the board brought an ace-high straight for a three-way chop), while Capozziello needed the board to pair to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the ace-high straight held up for Rossi to win the entire pot, eliminating both Maloney and Capozziello from the tournament.

Joseph Rossi  –  26,875,000
Patrick Capozziello  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($56,270)
Allan Maloney  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($41,295)

With four players remaining from a field of 3,730, the average chip stack is about 18,650,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $74,845.