Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 9th Place - Valdez ($5,187)

Level 29 (Blinds 75,000/150,000/25,000)
Players Remaining: 8 
Chip Average: 7,000,000

Juan Valdez (Philadelphia, PA)
9th Place - $5,187

After the departure of Ray Ross, Juan Valdez would be left as the short stack at the table.  He got his remaining 2,300,000 in against Joe McKeehen:

Juan: A 10                 McKeehen: J J

Flop: A J A

Turn: K

River: x

The ace right in the window seemed very promising for Juan, but the rest of the run out would be pretty brutal for him.  Valdez was one of the top stacks in the room from Day 2 on, but his run would end here at his first even Big Stax final table.  

Joe McKeehen - 6,600,000