Sander Lylloff open-shoved his last 5,075 chips preflop holding . He almost made it around the table safely, but Patry Guillaume woke up with on the button and made the call to put Lylloff to the test.
The board ran out , and Guillaume earns the knockout. He's up to about 39,000 as he stacks that pot.
Wandering over to Nam Le's table, we found him contemplating a decision on whether or not to call his opponent's all-in shove worth 12,825. Le tanked for so long on the board of that Steve Yea opted to call the clock on him. About halfway through the countdown, Le mucked his hand. He was left with 35,000 chips in his stack.
Tony Hachem got into a raised pot heads up with an older opponent. The guy checked a flop, and Hachem bet 2,700. His opponent called, and both checked the on the turn. Then after the on the river, the man tossed out 10,000, enough to put Hachem all in. He tanked for a bit, saying "I'd bet my balls this guy's got it." The player next to him asked, "But what would you get in return? I'd never risk my balls for nothing." Hachem couldn't answer that one and gave up his hand, leaving himself with 8,000 chips.
Nam Le just got rid of one more player for everyone. He opened with a raise and found a call before a short-stacked opponent moved all in for just over 5,000 total. Le re-shoved all in over the top, and that was enough to isolate him against the shorty in a coin flip.
Showdown
Le:
Opponent:
The flop came down , drawing a surprisingly big reaction from a few players at the table. It's just a coin flip, fellas. The turn left the shorty drawing dead, and Le is up to about 40,000.
We only caught up to the action as Quinn Do was shipping his chips across the table to Julian Cohen, but the lovely Sarah Lee gave us the gist of the action. On the flop of , Do fired a bet and Cohen raised. Do moved all in and Cohen made the call. Do held pocket nines and Cohen the .
The turn was the and the river the . Cohen finished with a full house and sent the shorter-stacked Do to the exit. Cohen's now up to 39,000 chips.
On the flop of , Quinn Do was all in with pocket aces against an opponent's for a straight and flush draw. Do did hold the to eliminate one out from his opponent.
The turn brought the and then the river the . Do was all in for 7,900 and doubled to over 17,000 chips.
A player in middle position opened to 1,200, and he found two callers including Aaron Benton.
The flop came out , and the preflop raiser continued out with a bet of 4,000. This time Benton was the only caller, and the two men went heads-up to the on the turn. The aggressor passed this time, and Benton took his cue to bet 7,000. His opponent then moved all in for about 16,000 total on a check-raise, and Benton made a reluctant but automatic call. And it was a good one.
Showdown
Benton:
Opponent:
Benton seemed almost apologetic for what was about to happen. "Aw, come on mate. Just fold. I have to call, there's forty thousand in there."
The river was a blank , and that knockout earns Benton the pot and a chip boost up over 70,000.
Tommy Le raised to 1,000 from middle position. One player called from the button and then the big blind called as well.
The three players saw a flop of and action checked to Le. He fired all in for 4,050. The player on the button called and then the big blind folded. Le held the and his opponent the .
The turn and river didn't help Le when the and fell, sending him to the rail.
The final numbers are in, and after two and half days, the players finally know exactly how much is at stake. Today's 170 entrants, combined with Day 1a's 88 and Day 1b's 84, brings the total number of runners to 342. At HK$40,000 ($37,600+$2,400) a pop, that creates a total prize pool of $12,859,200. That's about $1.65 million U.S. Here's the payout breakdown: