Action folded around to Mike Wattel and he popped it up to 30,000. It folded to George Danzer's small blind and Danzer moved all in for over 300,000.
"Why so much?" asked Wattel with a frustrated tone. Wattel mucked his cards and Danzer took the pot.
Action folded around to Ashton Griffin who raised to an unknown amount from the button. Benjamin Parker called from the small blind and George Danzer folded from the big.
| Player | Draw |
|---|---|
| Parker | 1 |
| Griffin | Pat |
Benjamin Parker took a long look at his new hand before announcing that he was all in. Griffin called and Parker spread 
.
Griffin went to muck his cards but was forced to show due to the live stream at the final table. Griffin held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
|
300,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
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Mike Wattel opened to 30,000 from under the gun, and Benjamin Parker three-bet to 90,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Wattel, who called.
| Player | Draw |
|---|---|
| Wattel | 1 |
| Parker | Pat |
Wattel tanked, then checked, and Parker quickly checked behind, tabling 
. Wattel mucked, and Parker pulled in the pot.
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
934,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
|
510,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
499,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
||
|
|
430,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
357,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
320,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
||
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 4,000
In one of the first hands back from break, Mike Wattel opened to 35,000 with the button. Benjamin Parker folded out of the small blind, and George Danzer three-bet jammed for effectively 300,000. Wattel folded.
"You got somewhere to go?" Wattel asked Danzer.
A few hands later, Wattel opened from under the gun, Parker called on his direct left, and the action folded to Nick Schulman, who jammed for effectively 350,000 from the small blind. Wattel and Parker both folded.
Two hands later, Parker opened to 35,000 from under the gun. The action folded to Ashton Griffin, who moved all in from the small blind. Wattel folded his big blind, and Parker folded to the three-bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
510,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
275,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
|
|
235,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
||
Action folded around to John Juanda's small blind and Juanda made it 42,000 to go. Nick Schulman called out of the big blind and the two players that have won this event in the past were heads up to the draw.
Juanda took two cards and Schulman drew one. Juanda led out for 82,000 and Schulman took about a minute to raise to 176,000 total. Juanda did not look pleased about this bet but announced a call anyways.
Schulman fanned and a dejected Juanda mucked his ninety-seven.
With that pot Nick Schulman is well over 1,200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
200,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
|
|
||
John Juanda open-shoved his last 191,000 from the hijack seat, and Ashton Griffin re-shoved on the button. Both blinds released, and we were off to the draw.
"Draw," the dealer announced.
"What?" Juanda asked.
"Draw," the dealer repeated.
Juanda didn't realized that Griffin was on the button, and re-checked his cards. He flashed the 
to one side of the table (one of our reporters saw it) and then tossed it away. The dealer burned a card, dealt a card face down, and slit it to Juanda.
By this point, Griffin had spread 
, and Juanda turned over , then stood up.
"I only have to beat a jack?" Juanda asked. "I can sit back down now."
"He's Asian," Nick Schulman announced. "This could take awhile."
"No," Juanda said after looking at his card.
He turned over the 
, and looked confused.
"Did you give me the same card?" he asked the dealer, without the hint of a smile on his face.
Tournament Director "Redbull" Robbie Thompson and the dealer both verified that it was a different card, and Juanda was announced as the sixth-place finisher. Juanda stuck around for a few minutes, and requested that the staff check if the card was new, and not the one he discarded. After verification from the live stream, it was confirmed that Juanda was indeed given a new card.
Juanda will not being defending his title, but a fourth, fourth, first and sixth is still extremely impressive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Benjamin Parker raised to 35,000 and received a call from George Danzer on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the two players were off to the draw.
| Player | Draw |
|---|---|
| Parker | 1 |
| Danzer | Pat |
It went check-check after the draw and Danzer tabled . Parker mucked his hand and Danzer took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
220,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
