Big Stax 1100 (Day 3): 4th Place - Sarmiento ($29,775)

Level 30 (Blinds 60,000/120,000/15,000)
Total Entries: 428
Players Remaining: 3
Chip Average: 7,133,000

Steven Sarmiento (Queens, NY) - 4th Place ($29,775)

With the play having slowed down to a crawl, the conversation amongst the players out of the hands and the rail was fantasy football.  It took a second to notice that there was a big hand going on between Steven Sarmiento and Jacob Perry.  On a flop of 9 5 6, Sarmiento's flop bet of 350,000 was raised to 1,100,000 by Perry.  Steven looked at the dealer and announced that he was all-in (about 1,100,000 more), and Perry quickly made the call:

Sarmiento: 9♠ 7♦

Perry: 10♦ 9♥

Turn: K♣

River: A♣

Perry held the lead when the cards we turned over, but Sarmiento had outs to a straight (and to make two pair).  The runout brought no help to Steven, and he would earn the second largest cash of his career (behind his Big Stax IV 3rd place finish - $39,315).