Event 2: Robert Melo Eliminated in 3rd Place ($1,200)

$240 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,500/5,000

Robert Melo (Howard Beach, NY)
Robert Melo (Howard Beach, NY)

Robert Melo and Joseph Patalano put 17,500 chips apiece into the pot preflop, and Melo is left with just over a pot-sized bet behind.

The flop comes Kh5d2s, and Melo leads out for the pot — 44,500. Patalano raises, and Melo calls all in for about 60,000 total.

Melo: 7c5h4d2d (two pair)
Patalano: Td5c4h3c (straight draw)

The Ac turn gives Patalano the wheel, and Melo is drawing slim to stay alive. He needs to make his own wheel or fill up to stave off elimination, but the river is the blank 7d.

Melo is out in third place, and Patalano is now heads up with Marcus Stein for the title.

Joseph Patalano – 400,000
Marcus Stein – 80,000
Robert Melo – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($1,200)