Simone Lombardo Eliminated in 2nd Place (€146,004)

Simone Lombardo raised to 1.2 million and Andrea Ricci three-bet to 4 million with 16 million behind. Lombardo carefully counted his remaining stack and then moved all-in for Ricci to call with the inferior stack size.

Andrea Ricci: A♦Q♠
Simone Lombardo: 8♠8♦

It seemed all but over on the J♦8♣2♦ flop as Ricci needed running cards to a straight or flush. He got one of them on the 3♦ turn and the rail shouted for the four of diamonds. Sure enough, the 4♦ fell on the river and Ricci's rail exploded. Both Italian contenders hugged while the chips were counted and Lombardo was left with around 5 million.

Lombardo was still all smiles when he sat back down and Ricci then jammed the button, Lombardo called it off.

Simone Lombardo: Q♣10♦
Andrea Ricci: J♣6♣

The K♦J♦9♦ flop gave Lombardo the nut straight and gutshot straight flush draw. Suddenly, Ricci picked up outs on the 6♥ turn and the magical J♠ river completed a miracle runout to eliminate Lombardo in back-to-back hands. He takes home €146,004 while Ricci has earned the WSOP Circuit gold ring and top prize of €236,489.

A recap of today's action is to follow.