Anton Ionel Eliminated in 3rd Place ($1,350,000)
Level 32
: 100,000/200,000, 20,000 ante
Galen Hall raised on the button with the and Chris Oliver called from the small blind with the . Anton Ionel moved all in from the big blind with the and Hall called. Oliver got out of the way.
Ionel was dominated and the board ran out to bust him in third place. He'll take home $1,350,000.
Prior to this event, Ionel had $20,693 in career tournament earnings. By finishing in third place here, he jumped all the way to second place on the all-time Romanian money list behind Mihai Manole.