01-22-2008 22:12 UTC-5

Giovanni Marcacci Eliminated in 3rd Place ($129,760)

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Giovanni Marcacci - 3rd Place

Giovanni Marcacci had the button in seat 4 and raised to 200,000. Bart Tichelman reraised from the small blind to 500,000 total. Marcacci made the call and it was heads-up to the flop of {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

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Tichelman was first to act and he moved all in. Marcacci stood up and paced around the stage, baffled. After about two minutes, Marcacci eventually called. The players showed:

Marcacci: {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{10-Clubs}

Tichelman: {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{8-Clubs}

Marcacci was in the lead but Tichelman was far from dead with an open-ended straight draw and an overcard. The turn came the {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

catapulting Tichelman into the lead. Marcacci needed an eight to win the pot, but the river brought the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

. Tichelman stacked the pot and has an enormous chip lead headed into heads-up play. Marcacci was eliminated in third place and leaves with $129,760.

Tags: Bart Tichelman Giovanni Marcacci