Event 3: 3rd Place - Rinaldi

$500 + $60 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Philip Rinaldi (Silver Spring, MD)

$12,302

On a flop of 7 6 3, Philip Rinaldi (button) bet 125k.  Payam Eftekhar (bb) called.

Turn was a Ten.  Payam checked, Philip shoved, and Payam called.

Philip - K7 for a pair of 7s
Payam - 98 for the straight

River was a 2 and irrelevant.  Payam took the pot.

Philip Rinaldi busted out in 3rd place, earning $12,302.  Philip just turned pro this year and is doing quite well.  He made the unofficial final table of event 2, finishing 10th for $1,258.  He said he's made four final tables this year and about $60,000 since going pro.

The final two took off for a 15 minute break before beginning heads-up play.