Congratulations to James Romero from Portland, OR who finished 3rd in our DeepStack Championship Event #75 $1,100 NLH MonsterStack $1M GTD winning $153,718.

Blinds: 500,000 / 1,000,000

James Romero was able to double his 7,700,000-stack after his A♠ T♦ held up against Ankit Ahuja’s K♦ 8♥ on a 5♣ 4♣ 4♥ A♥ Q♦ board.

Romero then moved all in for 18,200,000 from the small blind and was snap-called by Ahuja in the big blind.

Ahuja: A♥ Q♦
Romero: Q♠ 9♣

The board ran out K♦ 2♦ 2♠ T♠ 4♠, awarding Ahuja the pot with the higher kicker, sending Romero to the rail in 3rd place.