Thomas Nicotera Eliminated in 9th Place ($38,178)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #5: Athanasios Polychronopoulos raised to 45,000 from early position, Nicotera shoved all-in for 389,000, and Polychronopoulos quickly called him down with 
. Nicotera was in bad shape with his 
, but the flop of 
gave him a few additional outs. The turn (
) and river (
) blanked off, however, and Nicotera was eliminated on the fifth hand of final table play.