Eric Varela Eliminated in 3rd Place ($98,310)
Eric Valera raised it up to 200,000 on the button, and Baptiste Chavaillaz three bet it to 560,000. Zhong Chen got out of the way, and it didn't take long for Valera to move all in. Once Chavaillaz got the count, he made the call.
Chavaillaz: 
Valera: 
Chavaillaz loved the flop of 
, and he stayed out in front on the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
. Chavaillaz collected the bounty, and sent us to heads up play!
It was an incredible run for Varela, made more incredible by the fact that Varela is solely a cash game player, and this was his first tournament. The cherry on top? He got in on a freeroll. The Bike offered 20 free seats to the tournament by running a freeroll just before the event. You could qualify by playing 25 hours of live cash games from December to January. Well Varela has parlayed those cash game sessions into a nearly $100,000 prize!
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Busted |