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Jose Malpelli Eliminated in 5th Place (€218,300)
Level 31
: Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Roman Stoica made it 300,000 to go in the cutoff. It folded to Jose Malpelli in the big blind, who decided to wager his entire stack worth 2,675,000. Stoica mulled things over for a bit before he called with the covering stack.
Jose Malpelli: 9♥9♣ 
Roman Stoica: A♦Q♣
Malpelli was in a flip for his tournament life, and he became a big favorite to win it after the 4♥8♥4♣5♥ flop and turn remained absent of aces and queens and presented him with a flush draw.
The river came the A♣, however, giving Stoica top pair to be awarded the pot and send Malpelli to the rail.
Malpelli shook hands with his former opponents before he headed to the payout desk to pick up €218,300, nearly 1,000 times the €250 he paid to qualify for the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,725,000
2,895,000
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2,895,000 |
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Busted | |