Yashar Darian Eliminated in 2nd Place ($305,009)

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Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Yashar Darian waits to see if he is covered by Jason Somerville.

On the very first hand of heads up play, Jason Somerville raised his button to 125,000. Yashar Darian three-bet to 350,000. Somerville thought for a bit before counting out chips to make a 950,000 raise. Just as he was sliding this chips in, Darian announced that he was all in and Somerville snapped him off.

Somerville: {a-Clubs} {a-Hearts}
Darian: {k-Spades} {4-Diamonds}

Although Somerville had the chip lead entering heads up play, this pot was for about 90% of the chips and would more or less determine a champion. The flop came out {7-Diamonds} {q-Hearts} {k-Diamonds} and Somerville wouldn't win his first bracelet without a sweat. The turn was the {2-Clubs} but he still had to dodge five outs. The river bricked with the {6-Hearts} and Darian finished just one short of the bracelet.