Marcello Miceli has been eliminated from the final table by Azim Popatia. Marcello was aware from the outset today that he was playing a very short stack, and he was clearly looking for an opportunity to get his chips in and try for a double.
It finally happened a couple orbits into the action today when he opened all-in from UTG. Action folded around to Azim, who simply called. The button and both blinds folded (Jonathan Brassard in the bb thought about it for a few seconds) and the cards were revealed.
Marcello:
Azim:
Azim was in the lead by quite a margin and stayed there on the flop of
– and all doubt was removed on the turn
. The river was the
.
10th place: Marcello Miceli, $8,720