02-24-2010 19:02 UTC-12

Daniel Clemente Eliminated in 3rd Place ($309,366)

donpeters

Daniel Clemente - 3rd Place

Daniel Clemente raised from the button and then Tom Marchese reraised all in from the big blind. Clemente took a minute, but made the call.

Marchese held the {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

and Clemente held the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

. Clemente was the player at risk and had about 4.3 million chips.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{2-Spades}

and Marchese kept his lead. The turn added the {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

to the board and then the river was the {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

, giving Marchese the pot.

Just to be sure, the tournament staff double checked the two chip stacks and verified that Clemente was the player with less chips. He earned over $300,000 for his finish, leaving Marchese to do battle with Sam Stein for the title.

Tags: Daniel Clemente Tom Marchese