Event 21: 3rd Place - Palermo

$200 + $30 + $50 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH

Leonardo Palermo (Toms River, NJ) 

$4,257

Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante

Alyson Parker raises the button and Palermo calls from the BB.

Flop: 10 8 6

Parker bets 200k

Palermo moves all in for 800k

Parker snap calls and can't turn her cards over fast enough

Parker: 7 9 (straight)

Palermo: 10 4 (top pair)

Turn: 2

River: 6

"Sicko hand," says Palermo, who enjoyed his time throughout the entire Borgata Summer Poker Open.  "I played the best I could all series," he says after his 3rd place finish for $4,257. "I just didn't get the breaks when I needed."

Parker is now heads up with Tom Gleason who has the chip lead 3.2 million to 1.4 million.