Darryl Ronconi Eliminated in 54th Place ($151,063)

Darryll Ronconi was eliminated over the course of two consecutive hands.

In the first, action folded to Jim Collopy on the button, and he raised to 125,000. Daryll Ronconi called from the big blind, and the dealer spread on the flop. Ronconi check-called Collopy's 175,000 bet. The turn was the , and both players checked, then the completed the board on the river. Ronconi checked, and Collopy bet out 450,000. Ronconi tanked for a couple minutes, then pushed out a call. Collopy showed for a flush, and Ronconi mucked. After the hand, he was very short-stacked with only 615,000 in chips.

On the following hand, Jaime Kaplan, who had recently been moved to the table, raised to 130,000 from early position. Ronconi pushed all in from the small blind, and Kaplan quickly called, showing . Ronconi turned over , and it was a classic coinflip. The flop came , no help to either player. The turn was the , giving Ronconi an inside-straight draw to go with his overcards. However, the river was the , no help to Ronconi.