Event 7: 3rd Place - Cimpan

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 200k/400k/40k ante

Cornel Cimpan (Las Vegas, NV)

$10,505 

After three hours of three-handed play, not counting the dinner break, Cornel Cimpan bows out in in third place. 

On the final hand Cimpan is all in with A5 vs Joe McKeehen's K9. 

Flop: JTT (McKeehen, gutshot straight draw)

Turn: 2 (no change)

River: Q

The river Queen gives McKeehen the winning straight, adding 2.3 million to his stack.

Cimpan finishes in third place for $10,505.  "Amazing," says Cimpan who can't believe how long three-handed last.

"Best in the world," says Cimpan, the two-time WPT title holder, on why he plays at Borgata. "Good structures, a lot of people. The value is tremendous. Normally in smaller buy-in tournaments you don't have good structures. I'd only play these here."

Heads Up Chip Counts

Joe McKeehen  7.8 million (20 bb)
Chris DeQuatro 6.4 million (16 bb)