Hand #42:
Michael Gathy opened to 40,000 from the cut off and that delivered him the blinds and antes.
Hand #43:
Sergey Rybachenko opened to 45,000 under-the-gun after which Michael Gathy made it 95,000 from the hijack. Benjamin Reason shoved all in from the big blind and after some thinking Rybachenko made the call. Gathy quickly folded so the pot stayed heads-up. Rybachenko showed and was in a race against Reason's . Once again the pair would hold: | | . Rybachenko doubled, leaving Reason behind short.
Hand #38:
Benjamin Reasons opened to 41,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #39:
Yueqi Zhu opened to 40,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #40:
Benjamin Reasons opened to 42,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #41:
Jake Cody shoved all in for 266,000 from the cut off position. Michael Gathy on the button revshoved all in and made both blinds fold. Cody tabled and was up against . The flop came jack high giving Cody top pair and top kicker: . The on the turn didn't do Gathy any good and neither did the on the river.
Hand #33
Jason Duval opened to 40,000 from under the gun, and was met with a raise to 95,000 from Michael Gathy on the small blind. Duval folded his hand.
Hand #34
The action folded around to Serey Rybachenko, who opened to 45,000 from the hijack. Jason Duval asked for a count, before moving all in for 437,000. Rybachenko thought for a moment, before laying down his hand.
Hand #35
Yueqi Zhu opened to 40,000 from the button, and received a walk from the blinds.
Hand #36
The hand started with Yueqi Zhu opening to 40,000, as Daniel Bishop came along as both saw the flop come down . Bishop checked, as Zhu threw in a continuation bet of 56,000. Bishop then instantly moved all in for 625,000, which brought a fold from Zhu.
Hand #37
Jake Cody started the hand by opening to 40,000 from under the gun, before Sergey Rybachenko raised to 95,000. The bet was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #31:
Benjamin Reason opened to 61,000 from the hijack position, and called when Sergey Rybachenko shoved for 183,000 from the button. Reason showed his and need to hit something against Rybachenko's . Saunders failed on that mission with | | on the table.
Hand #32:
Jason Duval opened to 40,000 from early position and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #30:
Noah Vaillancourt pushed all in under-the-gun plus one and directly next to him Yueqi Zhu did exactly the same thing. All the other players folded quickly and there was again a big show down to be seen in the Amazon Room. Vaillancourt tabled and Zhu showed . The race would be won by the pocket paur as Vaillancourt failed to connect with the board: | | .
Vaillancourt made his way to the rail where his girlfriend Maria Ho waited for him. The remaining seven players are guaranteed $33,456.
Hand #28
Michael Gathy opened to 35,000 from late position, before Jason Duval raised to 85,000 from the button. Gathy opted to wait for another spot, as he folded his hand.
Hand #29
The action folded around to Benjamin Reason on the button, who moved all in for 352,000. Daniel Bishop looked down at his cards, and made the call.
Reason:
Bishop:
The board ran out to see Reason come from behind, to snatch victory by hitting his ten.
Hand #23:
Benjamin Reason opened to 32,000 from the hijack and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #24:
Noah Vaillancourt got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #25:
Everybody folded to Noah Vaillancourt in the small blind who put out a big raise to commit himself. Zhu laughed and open mucked his .
Hand #26:
Benjamin Reason opened to 32,000 under-the-gun and saw Jake Cody shove all in from the hijack for 334,000. Reason thaught about it for some time, but folded eventually.
Hand #27:
Yueqi Zhu opened to 35,000 from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #19
Benjamin Reason enjoyed the first walk of the final table.
Hand #20
Michael Gathy opened to 35,000 from late position, before Jason Duval raised to 85,000 on the button. The bet was large enough to force a fold from Gathy.
Hand #21
The action folded around to Yueqi Zhu in the hijack, who’s bet of 35,000 was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #22
Noah Vaillancourt looked down at his cards, before opting to move all in for his last 97,000 in chips. The decision moved to Benjamin Reason, who thought for a moment, before making the call. The button and blinds folded as the two players then tabled their cards.
Reason:
Vaillancourt:
The board ran out to see Vaillancourt hold with his ace-high, much to the delight of the loud supporting crowd.
Hand #16:
Jake Cody opened to 32,000 from the button and was met by a three bet by Michael Gathy in the small blind. The Belgian bracelet winner made it 96,000 and after the big blind folded, it was up to the English bracelet winner. Cody made it 183,000 and snap called when Gathy shoved all in for 925,000.
Cody held and was in a race against Gathy's . The flop was really good for Gathy and gave him a near lock on the hand: . The on the turn sealed the deal for Gathy and the on the river was there just for good measures.
Hand #17:
Daniel Bishop made it 45,000 from middle position and everybody folded.
Hand #18:
Sergey Rybachenko shoved all in and everybody folded.