Paul-Adrian Covaciu Eliminated in 9th Place (�97,450)
Jordan Saccucci opened to 175,000 from early position. Luigi D'Alterio made the call in the hijack. Paul-Adrian Covaciu moved all in for 1,375,000 in the cutoff.
Back on Saccucci, he also moved all in for 10,125,000. D'Alterio went into the tank with about 5,900,000 total in his stack. After tanking for about a minute, he folded his cards, the stream never revealing what the second card was, though he eventually said he folded ace-king.
Jordan Saccucci: 
Paul-Adrian Covaciu: 
Covaciu and Saccucci headed to a runout with the Covaciu at risk. The board came out 
, a terrible flop for Covaciu. The 
turn offered no help, Covaciu left with two outs going to the river. That final card was the 
, ending Covaciu's tournament as the first final table elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,800,000
1,675,000
|
1,675,000 |
|
||
|
5,410,000
-510,000
|
-510,000 |
|
Busted | |