Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Alex Queen raised to 90,000 from under the gun and was called by Paul Snead in the hijack. Larry Abrams three-bet to 400,000 in the hijack for action to fold back to Queen who folded. Snead contemplated his options for a while, cut out calling chips, counting his stack, and then made the call after using two time extensions.
The flop came 
, Snead checked and Abrams fired a stack of chips over the line to put Snead al-in who snap-folded. Abrams showed 
for the set of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,210,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
955,000
-595,000
|
-595,000 |
on the flop. He checked and now Hall fired a bet of 200,000 over the line which he called.
, Vitantonio checked again. Hall bet 600,000 this time and Vitantonio called again.
for Queen to hold with the higher pocket pair to double up with.
and Andrew Hanna (sb) bet 50,000. Veerab Zakarian (bb) flatted.
turn, Hanna checked, Zakarian bet 75,000, and Hanna called. The 
completed the board and Hanna checked again. Zakarian bet 500,000, only to have Hanna jam for 805,000 total, which he called. 
for aces-up on the turn, but Hanna beat him with 
for a better two pair on the river to double up.
to see the 
on the turn. Hall led out for 140,000 and got called.
and discovered he was dominated by Vitantonio's 
and Weng had checked in the big blind with around 800,000 in the middle. Alexander Queen bet 750,000 from the hijack and Weng quickly called. Queen tabled 
for two pair. Weng showed 
and was bested by the 
and were no help to Snead, who gathered his things and walked away. He'll collect $28,624 for 20th place.
river was not one of Taylor's outs and he was felted in 19th place ($28,624).