Donnie D'Auria Eliminated in 11th Place ($64,477)

Donnie D'Auria can say he got his chips in with the best of it. Payman Arjang opened preflop for all 240,000 of his chips. D'Auria, on the button, had a similar-sized stack and moved it in as well. Once the blinds folded, the players opened their hands:

Arjang: {K-Clubs}

D'Auria:

D'Auria was in prime position to eliminate Arjang, but a board of {A-Clubs}

gave Arjang the nut flush and the pot. That setback left D'Auria with 20,000 chips.

He folded the first hand after putting in a 5,000 ante; the second hand, his whole stack went in. He was called by Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Mark Bryan and Pat Walsh. Walsh bet the {9-Clubs}