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Maurizio Melara Eliminated in 8th Place (€5,090)
Level 18
No-Limit Hold'em
Oleksii Kovalchuk opened to 25,000 on the button and action folded to Maurizio Melara in the big blind, who contemplated his options for a bit before deciding to stick his last 130,000 into the middle. Kovalchuck called and hands were revealed.
Maurizio Melara: A♠6♥
Oleksii Kovalchuk: J♠10♠
Melara held a slight lead, but the J♥3♠3♦8♣10♥ runout left Kovalchuk best with jacks-up and Melara was knocked out in eighth place.