Event 8: 9th Place - Piccolo

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

 Matt Piccolo (Dumont, NJ) 

$2,349

Blinds 20/40, 4k ante

Matt Piccolo limps from the button
Casey Keith completes from the SB
Dean Chen raises from the BB to 120k
Piccolo calls, Keith folds

Flop: K♦ 10♦ J♥

Chen bets 200k
Piccolo shoves 900k
Chen calls.

Chen: A♠ A♥
Piccolo: J♠ 9♠ (middle pair, gutshot straight draw)

Turn: 5♣

River 3♥

Piccolo bricks the turn and river and is out in 9th place.  "I'm pretty mad," says the gregarious player, who finished 5th ($13,000) in a deep stack during 2001 Borgata Poker Open. "I just spazzed off all my chips."

Chen is now the chip leader with 2.5 million, surpassing Mike Dentale who is at 1.5 million after starting the final table with a 300k short stack.

Matt Piccolo finishes in 9th place for $2,349.