Daniel Clemente Eliminated in 3rd Place ($309,366)
Marchese held the and Clemente held the . Clemente was the player at risk and had about 4.3 million chips.
The flop came down and Marchese kept his lead. The turn added the to the board and then the river was the , giving Marchese the pot.
Just to be sure, the tournament staff double checked the two chip stacks and verified that Clemente was the player with less chips. He earned over $300,000 for his finish, leaving Marchese to do battle with Sam Stein for the title.