Big Stax 500 (Day 3): 3rd Place - Azzaro ($21,163)

Level 30 - Blinds 100,000/200,000/25,000
Players Remaining: 2

Mike Azzaro (Yonkers, NY)
3rd Place - $21,163

Ilya Ekshtut shoved the button (having both players covered), and Mike Azzaro called from the big blind:

Azzaro: A K             Ekshtut: A 10

Flop: A 10 Q

Turn: 10

River: 6

It's a brutal runout for Azzaro, who played great to get himself to where he was.  When play was four handed he was third in chips, and the short stack when they were three handed (dropped down to 1,200,000).  He built his stack back up to 8,000,000, but watched as the cruel side of poker took over.  He walks away with $21,163 for his finish.

The heads up chip counts are:

Ilya Ekshtut - 16,500,000

Amit Sharma - 5,500,000