Isle Open Championship (Day 3): Panzica Runs Into Kings, Eliminated In 9th Place ($11,208)

2017 Isle Open | Event #21
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Isle Open Championship| $500,000 GTD
Level 25 (Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000)
Total Event #21 Entries: 404
Event #21 Players Remaining: 8

Sam Panzica (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) had few options with less than ten big blinds, and ended up running into the pocket kings of William Valladares.

Sam Panzica (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) was hampered for most of this final table, as his stack never climbed above the (25) big blind mark.  Sam would shove from early position for 370,000, and after getting an exact count, William Valladares just flatted the amount.  Frank Lerczak his hand some real thought, but ended up pushing his cards towards the muck, with the rest of the players folding behind.

Panzica rolled over A♠ 10♠, but would be an underdog against William's K♦ K♣.  The board would run out 9♦ 8♦ 5♥ 3♠ J♣, and the two-time WPT winner would be eliminated in ninth place ($11,208).  The money earned from this cash brings his tournament earnings at the Isle Poker Room above $270,000, which is now tenth on the all-time cashes for this room.  Sam's career tournament earnings are now over $3,695,000, with this his (80th) recorded result.