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Craig Bergeron opened the pot with a 70,000-chip raise under the gun and David Diaz went all in in the big blind. Bergeron called.
Showdown
Bergeron: 
Diaz: 
Flop: 
Turn: 
River: 
Set of tens for Bergeron and David Diaz is our 6th place finisher.
Bergeron is now up to 1,700,000 chips.
This is one of the youngest final tables we can ever remember covering. The average age of the six remaining players is 22.8 years old. Russell Thomas, Carter Phillips and Craig Bergeron are all the minimum 21 years old. Hugo Perez is the old man at the table at the ancient age of 26.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Because of the move to the feature-table area, the tournament went on break a little early. But we're back now. Tournament Director Nikki Ivey (no relation) just introduced the players.
Cards are in the air. There are 3 minutes left in Level 22.
Here are the chip counts of our official final table:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,175,000 | 175,000 |
|
1,214,000 | 114,000 |
|
1,075,000 | 40,000 |
|
1,057,000 | 57,000 |
|
490,000 | -305,000 |
|
485,000 | 32,000 |
Craig Bergeron opened the pot with a 46,000-chip raise from the hijack seat and Thong Tran went all in, for an additional 260,000 chips, on the button. Craig called.
Showdown
Bergeron: 
Tran: 
Board: 
Thong Tran is our 7h place finisher and bubbled the final table.
Carter Phillips opened the pot with a 60,000-chip raise in the small blind and Samuel Gerber called in the big blind.
Flop: 
Phillips check-called a 85,000-chip bet from Gerber.
Turn: 
The same movement but now with a 110,000-chip bet.
River:
Phillips check-called a 150,000-chip bet and Gerber tabled 
for a straight.
Gerber is now up to 1,000,000 chips.
There wasn't much of a rail when we started play roughly two hours ago, but now that the tournament is one spot off of the "official" final table a few spectators have wandered in. Roughly twenty people are scattered around the feature table in the back corner of the Amazon Room. It's hard to tell who they're here to support, and with the action not announced they may not be able to tell what's going on.
They've re-drawn again and cards are back in the air with 36 minutes left int the level. Here are the final seven players:
Orange 316
Seat 1: Russell Thomas (1,035,000)
Seat 2: David Diaz (795,000)
Seat 3: Craig Bergeron (695,000)
Seat 4: Hugo Perez (453,000)
Seat 5: Thong Tran (301,000)
Seat 6: Carter Phillips (3,407,000)
Seat 7: Samuel Gerber (816,000)
Carter Phillips didn't even think about it for a second. On the turn of a 
board, he bet 100,000 after Mikhail Lakhitov checked. Lakhitov then check-raised all in for about 570,000 total and Phillips snap-called. His 
made a pair of trey and an inside straight draw. Lakhitov had two overcards and a flush draw with .
Lakhitov apparently missed the memo from Mark Flowers and Craig Bergeron earlier about how red-hot Phillips has been running. The board blanked out 
to allow Phillips' hand to hold and to send Lakhitov to the rail in 8th place.
With only seven players remaining, the tournament is on another pause to consolidated to a single, seven-handed table.
