Hand #3: Gilberto Taveras Garcia Eliminated in 9th Place ($6,790)

Joe Rice raises under the gun to 60,000, and Gilberto Taveras Garcia (pictured) calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , Garcia checks, Rice bets 60,000, and Garcia check-raises to 130,000.

Rice tanks for a while before he moves all in, and Garcia snap-calls all in for 765,000 with — flopped two pair. Rice turns over , and Garcia needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card is — the . Garcia reacts with audible pain as he is now drawing dead, and his tournament is over.

The meaningless river card is the , and Rice wins the pot with his set of aces to eliminate Garcia in ninth place.

Joe Rice  –  2,875,000  (115 bb)
Gilberto Taveras Garcia  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($6,790)

This is Gilberto Taveras Garcia’s third final table here at Rivers Casino & Resort in the past five months, as he was part of a three-way chop in April (earning $22,450), and won a big event here in May for $31,000.

Garcia is the winningest player in the history of the Rivers Casino & Resort, now with $97,990 in career earnings here. The closest person to him is Rob Saladin, who has earned $73,266 here.