James Romero Eliminated in 2nd Place ($35,828)

Level 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/200,000
Total Entrants: 381
Players Remaining: 1

James Romero raised to 400,000 from the button, Bogdan Chornyy jammed from the big blind, and Romero called all in for roughly 2,200,000.

Romero: AK
Chornyy: AJ

Romero was dominating, but the board ran out 9J346 and Chornyy found a jack. Romero was eliminated in second place for $35,828, while Chornyy takes home the trophy and $49,811.

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