03-14-2008 15:26 UTC+2

Corral Eliminated by Hicks

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Raul Paez Corral

Tournament short-stack Raul Paez Corral got his remaining ~25,000 into the middle holding {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

and was given action by Kenny Hicks Jr. who tabled {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

at the showdown.

Corral was still safe after the {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

flop, but the {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

on the turn did him in. There would be no rivered miracle for Corral, as the {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

was the last card to fall off the deck and he exited the tournament area the first casualty of the day. He'll take home $12,628 in prize money for his 26th place finish.

Hicks stacked up just over 250,000 in chips after the hand.