Hand #63: Joe Cada completed from the small bind, Jeremy Ausmus raised to 150,000 out of the big blind, and Cada folded.
Hand #64: Cada raised to 100,000 on the button, JC Tran defended his big blind, and the flop was as spades; . Both players checked. The turn was the , and Tran check-folded to a bet.
Hand #65: Cada was first to act, and raised to 100,000. Max Silver defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Silver checked, Cada continued for 150,000, and Silver called. The turn was the , Silver checked again, and Cada bet another 275,000. Silver called.
The completed the board, Silver checked a third and final time, and Cada moved all in for 725,000. Silver tanked for the better part of five minutes before making the call with , but it was no good against Cada's .
Hand #57: Jeremy Ausmus raised to 90,000 on the button, Max Silver defended his big blind and the flop fell . Silver check-called a bet of 80,000, the turn was the and Silver checked again. Ausmus checked behind.
The completed the board, Silver led out for 150,000 and Ausmus folded.
Hand #58: Joe Cada received a walk.
Hand #59: Silver raised to 80,000 on the button, Cada reraised to what sounded like 190,000 from the small blind and Silver called. The dealer fanned , and Silver folded to a bet from Cada.
Hand #60: Ausmus raised to 110,000 out of the small blind, and picked up the pot.
Hand #61: Ausmus raised on the button, Silver defended his big blind and the flop fell . Silver checked, Ausmus continued for 85,000 and Silver called. The turn was the , Silver check-called another 175,000 and the completed the board. Silver checked a third time, Ausmus fired out 385,000 and Silver found a fold.
Hand #62: Tran moved all in on the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #46: Jeremy Ausmus raised on the button and received no callers.
Hand #47: Max Silver had the button, and raised to 80,000. Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 240,000, Silver moved all in and Ausmus snap-folded.
Hand #48: Ausmus completed from the small blind, JC Tran checked and the flop came . Ausmus led out for 40,000, Tran called and the turn was the . Both players checked. The completed the board, the two players checked again and Tran took the pot with .
Hand #49: Joe Cada raised to 85,000 in first position and received no callers.
Hand #50: Ausmus was first to act and raised to 80,000. Silver called out of the small blind, the flop fell and both players checked. The turn was the , Silver checked and Ausmus bet 75,000. Silver called.
The completed the board, both players checked and Silver won with for a full house.
Hand #42: Max Silver took down the pot after unknown action.
Hand #43: Jeremy Ausmus called a raise from Max Silver and the flop brought out and both players checked. On the turn the hit, and again the action was checked. The river was the and we saw two checks. Tran showed to take down the pot.
Hand #44: Joe Cada raised to 80,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #45: Ausmus raised and Silver called. The flop brought out and Silver check-called a bet. On the turn both players checked. The river was the and Silver led out for 200,000. Ausmus raised to 560,000 and Silver made the call. Ausmus showed and his full house took it down.
Hand #40: Jeremy Ausmus raised to 80,000 on the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #41: Erick Lindgren moved all in for 490,000 from the small blind, and Max Silver called in the big blind.
Lindgren:
Silver:
The flop gave Lindgren a backdoor straight draw, and the kept that draw alive. Lindgren could make a straight with an eight or a king on the river - or win with a simple pair - but the bricked off on the river.
"Well," Lindgren said as he walked to the rail to embrace his wife. "That wasn't fun."
He'll earn $129,192 for his fifth-place finish, while Silver is up to 2.4 million chips.