Event 7: 3rd Place - Battaglia

$260 + $40 + $50 Double Green Chip Bounty All In or Fold NLH (Re-Entry)

Jack Battaglia (Staten Island, SC) 

$2,540 

Battaglia was just eked out by Mike Holm for second place, but was a distant third to tournament winner Chris Jones.

Battaglia says he was short stacked most of the tournament and was down to five big blinds at the final table, but manged to hang around with a couple of double-ups.

"I wanted to have some fun," Battaglia says, while playing in this format for the first time, "and we had a blast. This was a great tournament."

Battaglia is a tax accountant who says he'll try and satellite into the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship event.