Kou Vang raised to 85,000 from under the gun and was called by Tim Burden in middle position.
Action then folded to Keith Heine in the big blind, and he re-raised it to 575,000.
Kou thought for about a minute before folding, which was followed by a quick fold from Burden.
Heine showed pocket queens and took down the pot.
Kou Vang opened action UTG +1 with a 85,000 bet. Dave Simon, seated directly to Vang's left, three-bet to 240,000. Action folded to the small blind where Stephen Green called. The big blind folded and action came back to Vang who called.
Green and Vang both checked the 
flop while Simon shoved all in. Green called for 1,000,025 while Vang folded.
Simon: 
Green: 
Green was ahead with his tournament life at stake and stayed ahead as the 
on the turn and 
on the river were no help for Simon and he doubled up Green.
Stephen Green raised to 90,000 from UTG+1, Keith Heine then three-bet to 225,000 from the cutoff, and after action folded back to Green he made the call.
Both players checked the 
flop, and Green bet 175,000 on the 
turn, which got a call from Heine.
Green continued again, this time with a bet of 315,000 on the 
river, which then got a fold from Heine, and sent the sizable pot to Green.
After sending a good amount of his chips to Stephen Green in the previous hand, Keith Heine got some of them back, courtesy of Kou Vang.
Green raised to 90,000 from under the gun, and Keith Heine made the call from the hijack.
Kou, in the cutoff, then checked his stack and re-raised to 315,000, which got a fold from Green.
Heine then four-bet to 1,000,000.
Kou smiled at Heine, and then folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000
1,710,000
|
1,710,000 |
|
2,300,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
|
1,800,000
-660,000
|
-660,000 |
|
1,700,000
-1,240,000
|
-1,240,000 |
|
1,500,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
|
1,400,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
1,300,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Keith Heine limped in under the gun and action folded to Tim Burden in the cutoff who raised to 300,000. Bill Byrnes shoved all in for 875,000 and Burden called after Heine folded. Burden and Byrnes went heads up with Byrnes at risk of being eliminated.
Burden: 
Byrnes: 
Byrnes was ahead and stayed ahead the whole as the board ran out 
.
Tim Burden, who started today's final table as the chipleader, has been eliminated.
Action folded around to Kou Vang on the button, and he raised to 105,000.
After Dave Simon three-bet to 300,000 from his small blind, Burden then four-bet shoved from his big blind.
Vang folded, and Simon asked for a count.
The dealer confirmed 610,000 total, Simon made the call, and the players tabled their hands.
Burden: 
Simon: 
The flop came 
, which gave Simon a good portion of the deck to work with in order to eliminate Burden.
The 
on the turn, which gave Simon the straight, was one of those cards.
The dealer fanned the 
on the river, and Burden's place at the final table officially ended.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,800,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 |
Andy Echele limped in under the gun for 50,000 as did Keith Heine to his left. Action folded to Bill Byrnes in the small blind who called and Stephen Green checked his option.
Both Byrnes and Green checked the 
flop and Echele fired out 250,000. Heine called while the other two players folded.
Fireworks happened after the came on the turn as Echele fired out 500,000 and was raised all in by Heine. Echele called only to find out he was far behind.
Echele: 
Heine: 
Heine had turned a full house and Echele's tournament life was in desperate need of an ace on the river. It didn't happen though as instead it came the 
ending Echele's run in sixth place.
