From the button, Daisuke Endo moved all in for 100,000 and Allen Kessler made the call from the small blind.
Kessler:
Endo:
With Kessler in the lead, the flop would further strengthen his stranglehold in the hand, and when the and landed on the turn and river, Endo was sent to the rail in 4th place earning himself a $66,994 payday as Kessler climbs over the 1 million chip mark.
Allen Kessler entered the pot from the button with a raise to 70,000 and Dajuan Whorley defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Whorley checked and Kessler fired out a continuation-bet of 80,000 only to have Whorley check-raise to 175,000. Kessler moved all in and Whorley made the call for roughly his 300,000-chip stack.
Whorley:
Kessler:
With Whorley trailing, the on the turn saw him gain outs to a jack, ten or nine, but when the river landed the , Whorley was eliminated in third place for a $91,212 payday, leaving both Kessler and Brian Rast heads up.
Brian Rast opened the button to 70,000 and Allen Kessler made the call from the big blind before both players checked the flop.
Kessler fired out 95,000 when the landed on the turn with Rast making the call as the fell on the river. Kessler pushed out 150,000 and Rast made the call before folding when Kessler tabled his for a full house.
As Kessler raked in the pot to move into the chip lead with 1,835,000, Rast slipped to 1,610,000 in chips.
From the button, Allen Kessler opened to 65,000 and Brian Rast made the call before both players checked the flop.
When the landed on the turn, Rast led for 95,000 and Kessler made the call to see the complete the board on the river. Rast pushed out 220,000 and Kessler made the call tabling his .
Rast however had him bested with his as he moved to 2,195,000 in chips.