Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond 1,998,500
Johnny Chan 1,947,000
Kirill Gerasimov 802,000
David Benyamine 486,000
John Juanda 485,500
Adam Hourani 348,000
Phil Hellmuth 198,000
Daniel Negreanu 119,000
A short-stacked Daniel Negreanu ended up putting all of his chips in the middle -- just under 100,000 -- on a flop of , and Phil Galfond made the call.
Negreanu held 10-9-7-6, and Galfond K-J-10-9. The turn was the , and Negreanu needed help. The river brought the , giving Kid Poker his straight and pushing his stack up over 200,000.
Phil Hellmuth raised to 80,000 David Benyamine reraised, Hellmuth moved all in and Benyamine called.
Hellmuth:
Benyamine:
The flop was , no help for Hellmuth. The turn was the , the river was the and Hellmuth's quest for a 12th bracelet ended at least for today as he made his exit in eighth place.
Phil Galfond opened for a 60,000 raise, Daniel Negreanu reraised all in and Galfond called.
Negreanu:
Galfond:
The flop was , Galfond flopping the nut flush. The turn was the , eliciting an "Ooooh" from the crowd as Negreanu made a set and picked up outs to a full house. The river, though was the and Daniel Negreanu became our seventh-place finisher. After $85,000 worth of rebuys, he'll leave this tournament in the black with a $123,437 payday.
Johnny Chan limped in from the small blind and John Juanda checked his option. The flop was . Chan bet 48,000, Juanda raised pot to 196,000 Chan moved all in and Juanda called.
Juanda:
Chan:
Chan was ahead with two pair, but Juanda had an open-ended straight flush draw. The turn was the , the river was the and John Juanda left us in sixth place, earning $154,296.
Johnny Chan opened for 84,000 and Phil Galfond called. The flop was . Galfond checked, Chan bet 180,000 and Galfond called. The turn was the . Galfond checked and Chan checked behind. The river was the . Both players checked.
Galfond showed for a pair of aces while Chan turned up -x-x for a pair of kings. Galfond took it down.
The table folded to Phil Galfond who completed from the small blind. Adam Hourani checked from the big blind.
The flop came and both checked. The turn was the . Galfond bet 35,000, and Hourani called.
The river was the . Galfond brooded a bit, then checked. Hourani then quickly bet 55,000. Galfond took about a minute, then called. Hourani showed 7-3-x-x for the full house, and Galfond mucked.