CPPT Event 7: 3rd Place - Joe Kosko ($18,000)

Event 7 (Day 2)

Level 30 (40,000/80,000/10,000)

Total Entries: 414
Players Remaining: 2
Chip Average: 4,200,000

Joe Kosko (Southington, CT)

After scoring a massive double up against Chris Leong, Joe Kosko entered three handed play and  post-chop play with second in chips, but he just couldn't seem to get any traction over the last hour and eventually was chipped down to his final 700,000.

He'd be eliminated after Robert Campion limped in the small blind and called Kosko's shove from the big blind with [6s][6d].

Kosko held [Kc][2c] and would need to hit to save his tournament life and get back to near the chip average, but the board would run out [Qc][5s][7c][3s][Qs] sending him to the rail in 3rd place.

Kosko would shake his head after he flopped as good as he could hope with two outs to hit his flush draw and after the elimination.

He'd make the biggest score of his tournament career, almost matching his lifetime tournament earnings after the chop, but he was visibly upset that he couldn't chip up over the last hour as he definitely had his eye on the trophy that was sitting across from him.

After coming into three handed play with the shortest stack, Robert Campion is nearly even with Peter Tripp in chips and while they've both already locked up $18,000, here is still $6,000 and the Card Player Poker Tour Event 7 trophy up for grabs.