James Romero Busts in 3rd Place ($420,000)
Another heads up small blind vs. big blind limp-check started what was to be James Romero’s final hand. Anton Suarez completed with [2c2s] and Romero checked his [kdjd]. The flop came down [qd2hkc] and Suarez led his set for 3,000,000, flat calling when Romero raised to 10,000,000. Suarez went into check-call mode for the rest of the hand, for 20,000,000 on the [8d] turn and, after a lengthy period of consideration on Romero’s part, for 42,000,000 (all in) on the [5s] river.
Being snap-called on the river, Romero tapped the table and made his way to pick up his $420,000 third place prize.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anton Suarez | 266,000,000 |
76,500,000  |
| James Romero | Busted |
-76,500,000  |
