While Ralph Macri officially took 2nd in Event #1 $600 NLH, he chopped heads up and flipped for the official 1st place. Ralph is still alive and doing well in Event #4 $300 NLH.
We arrived at his table to count his chips before break only to see him move all in on top of another player's all in. Everyone else got out of the way and Ralph's [Qd][Jd] was up against his opponent's [Ac][4c]. The flop came queen high, and Ralph's pair held up to award him the knockout.
After the hand, Ralph explained he was trying to keep up with Ryan Eriquezzo, who is possibly the tournament chip leader with 270,000 chips. Ralph isn't too far behind him with 220,000.
