After John Hunt raised from the small blind, Cort Kibler-Melby decided to take his stand in the big blind with . Hunt called and turned over pocket nines, and the board did not save Kibler-Melby. He finishes in sixth place and takes home $96,775.
Now the short stack at the table, Leandro Pimentel moved all in with and Taylor Douglas called with . The flop was a good one for Pimentel, though the on the turn gave Douglas an open-ended straight draw. But the fell on the river and Pimentel doubled to 600K.
Low on chips, Pimentel started moving in nearly every hand, and after pushing with John Hurt called from the big blind with . Hurt hit a pair on the flop, but when the board paired with the on the turn it gave Pimentel some extra outs. And that's what save Leandro -- the on the river counterfeited Hurt's pair and Pimentel's jack played.
Taylor Douglas opened with a raise holding pocket deuces, and Duane Felix called with pocket nines. Leandro Pimentel moved all in with and after Douglas folded, Felix went into the tank. He counted out the chips he needed to make the call, thought about it some more, and finally mucked his cards.
Duane Felix made a big raise by moving all in with , but he ran into the of John Hunt in the big blind. The board ran out and Felix was eliminated in fifth place, collecting $131,184.
One advantage of aggressive play is that the other players don't know when you have a big hand. Taylor Douglas has been gobbling up the blinds and antes the last few orbits and when he raised on this particular occasion he held . Billavara came over the top for all his chips holding and Douglas quickly called.
And then all that aggressive play came for naught when the flopped. Douglas picked up a straight and flush draw when the turned, but the river brought the and Billavara doubled up.
This time it was Leandro Pimentel, who raised with and had Douglas come over the top with . Pimentel jumped out of his seat and slapped his cowboys down on the felt, though the flop of and on the turn gave Douglas a flush draw. But the river was the and just like that, Douglas doubled up two players and surrendered his chip lead.
After Chandrasekhar Billavara raised to 1 million, John Hunt moved in for the last of his chips. Billavara called with and Hunt held pocket fives. The flop gave Hunt a set and though the on the turn gave Billarava a wheel draw, the on the river gave Hunt a full house and the pot.
He moved all in with , but ran into Chandrasekhar Billavara's . The board ran out and Leandro "Brasa" Pimentel, whose enthusiastic friends and supporters cheered him all the way to the final table, was eliminated in fourth place, winning $189,249.