One of the exciting aspects of the partypoker Grand Prix has been the Golden Chip promotion that has run in each event.
The way to qualify is simple: make it through the Online Day 2 into the Live Day 3 and you're in contention! The next step is to make the final table of eight, and Jeff Cuccurullo has done just that.
Canada's Cuccurullo and the United Kingdom's Nicholas Riseley were the only two players to qualify from the online Day 2, but Riseley's passport was expired and he couldn't get it renewed in time.
Cuccurullo has locked up a hefty Caribbean Poker Party package worth $10,000, which includes a $5,300 MILLIONS Main Event Seat ($5M guaranteed, $1M to the winner), $2,000 cash for flights, and seven nights all-inclusive stay for two people.
Brandon Aaron Kitchen opened to 1,800,000 from mid-position and Paul Scott three-bet shoved for 8,400,000. After getting a count, Kitchen made the call.
Kitchen:
Scott:
Scott was racing for his tournament life and his small pair held through the flop. The on the turn, however, gave Kitchen the lead and the on the river sealed Scott's fate in the Grand Prix.
Raphael Duval opened from under the gun and Anatoly Zharnitsky shoved all-in from the big blind for 11,700,000. Duval quickly called.
Zharnitsky was the player at risk with , flipping against Duval's . The flop came and Duval took the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the and the river was the to eliminate Zharnitsky.
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, picking up $16,000 for an eighth-place finish.
flop. The 
on the turn, however, gave Kitchen the lead and the 
on the river sealed Scott's fate in the Grand Prix.
. The flop came 
and Duval took the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to eliminate Zharnitsky.