Table 26 of the shootout portion may have set the stage for this final table. We're over two hours in without an elimination yet. Jai Kemp did take a big hit in the last hand with Edison Nguyen. Kemp opened for 24,000 and Nguyen called in position. The flop was ragged, . Kemp checked it Nguyen, then called when Nguyen bet 35,000.
The turn came . Again Kemp checked, but this time he raised to 95,000 after Nguyen made it 45,000 to go. Undeterred, Nguyen responded by announcing he was all in. As the chip leader at the table, Nguyen had Kemp covered. Kemp thought it through for a few seconds before mucking. He's down to 137,000 in chips.