Alexander Petrucelli Wins Live! Cup 3 for $107,720 After Four-Way Chop

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Last week, PokerNews highlighted a few big events happening in Pennsylvania, including the $1 million guaranteed Live! Cup 3 with flights at Live! Casino Hotel Philadelphia and Live! Casino Hotel Maryland.

After flights combined in Maryland for Day 2 on May 19, New York's Alexander Petrucelli took down the $600 buy-in event for the trophy and $107,720 after a four-way chop with Philadelphia's Saverio Camarda (2nd - $98,875), Maryland's James Israel (3rd - $79,886) and Virginia's Ronald McDonald (4th - $72,530). Others at the final table included Jimmy Born (5th - $39,320), James Patterson (7th - $23,113) and Thien Nguyen ($14,215).

Live! Cup 3 Final Table Results

 PLACEPLAYERHOMETOWNPRIZE (IN USD)
 1Alexander PetrucelliCommack, NY$107,720*
 2Saverio CamardaPhiladelphia, PA$98,875*
 3James IsraelNorth East, MD$79,886*
 4Ronald McDonaldFort Valley, VA$72,530*
 5Jimmy BornClarksville, MD$39,320
 6Stephen MillerWest Chester, PA$29,978
 7James PattersonMoontownship, PA$23,113
 8Michael ChoeGaithersburg, MD$18,023
 9Thien NguyenPhiladelphia, PA$14,215

*Denotes four-way chop

The victory gives Petrucelli her biggest score after a runner-up finisher at Live! Poker Classic Hanover last March for $48,500.

The Live! Maryland Poker Room noted that five of nine players at the final table were repping Maryland, though Petrucelli "kept the #LiveCup in Philly."

Philly Live! Poker Room Tournament Schedule
Philly Live! Poker Room Tournament Schedule

Others who cashed the Live! Cup 3 event include Yaser Al-Keliddar (11th - $11,343), Tommy Tran (55th - $2,876) and reigning Player of the Year Bin Weng (41st - $3,269).

There are other big live events happening in Pennsylvania. Rivers Casino Philadelphia is preparing for the $200,000 guaranteed Philadelphia Poker Championship Main Event that runs May 24-26 with two starting flights before a Day 2 that will play to a winner.

The Day 1 flights of the $2,200 buy-in event will see players starting with 40,000 chips and blinds of 100/200/200. Levels will be 40 minutes on Day 1 and will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2.

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Play Online Poker in PA

In addition to live poker, there are plenty of online poker options in Pennsylvania. Head to PokerStars PA, BetMGM PA, Borgata Poker PA or WSOP PA to play they latest online tournaments in the Keystone State.

For more information about online poker in Pennsylvania, check out this handy PokerNews guide.

*Photos courtesy Live! Poker Room via X

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Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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