Giacomo Maisto Eliminated in 20th Place (�16,000)

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Giacomo Maisto did not seem to be shy about taking on the larger stacks at the TV table today, and earlier took a pot calling Daniel Negreanu's preflop raise and c-bet with a rag Ace which turned a full house (the flop being all Queens). Nicking a little here and there, Maisto still had only 350k or so at the start of his final hand, which he opened and then called when Negreanu on the button reraised to 80k.

On the {A-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {K-Diamonds} flop, Maisto check-called Negreanu's bet of 42k, possibly remembering the earlier give-up and hoping that there was room to manoeuvre on the {4-Hearts} turn. In fact when he pushed all in for 270k he was called immediately by Negreanu with {A-Spades} {Q-} and was now reliant on hitting his turned up-and-down straight draw with {5-Spades} {3-Spades} . A {Q-} came on the river instead, sending him out in 20th and necessitating a shift for Kirill Zapletin to the TV table to fill in one of the empty seats.