The remaining two players left in the field are taking a quick, unscheduled break to count each player's chips and bring out the trophy and money for the heads up match. Play will resume shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,400,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |
|
3,950,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
Lydia Waltonbaugh moved in from the small blind with 
and Anthony McIe called in the big with 
.
The 
flop helped Waltonbaugh not at all but the 
turn was exactly what she needed. However, an 
river doomed her, much to the dismay of a vocal rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
With blind-versus-blind action, Dan Wagner completed from the small blind to 160,000 with 
and Anthony McIe checked the 
. The flop came 
and Wagner led out for 225,000. McIe made the call, leading to the turn. Wagner checked, and McIe made a bet of 400,000. Wagner made the call, taking them to the 
river. Wagner checked with his pair of eights, putting action on McIe, who made a bet of 1,000,000 with his rivered two pair.
After a lot of thought, Wagner made the correct laydown and McIe took down the pot.
Dan Wagner raised to 320,000 with 
and Lydia Waltonbaugh defended big blind with 
.
Waltonbaugh checked the 
flop and Wagner bet 525,000. Waltonbaugh peeled and the arrived. Waltonbaugh simply moved all in and Wagner snap-called for his 1.9 million.
The two showed down and Waltonbaugh was in need of help. She didn't get it on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,600,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
2,100,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Lydia Waltonbaugh saw action folded to her in the small blind, who limped 
. Jason Pickup checked his 
from the small blind and the two went to the 
flop. Waltonbaugh checked her flopped set to Pickup, who bet 150,000 with his pair of twos. The turn brought the , giving Pickup two pair. Waltonbaugh again checked, and Pickup announced all in for around 1.7 million, which was nearly three times the pot. Waltonbaugh snap called and tabled her hand, and Pickup was down to the final two nines in the deck. The river fell 
and Waltonbaugh secured the double
After the hand, Pickup was down to his last 40,000 and was eliminated on the next hand with to Dan Wagner's 
on a runout, and takes home $22,518 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,700,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
Busted |
Dan Wagner completed with 
and Anthony McIe checked. Wagner bet 240,000 on the 
flop and then checked the 
turn. McIe bet and Wagner called, with both players checking the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
2,600,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
Anthony McIe raised under the gun to 275,000 with . Lydia Waltonbaugh three-bet with 
but folded to a four-bet from McIe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,800,000 | |
|
|
3,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
In a limped blind-versus-blind pot, Lydia Waltonbaugh checked her 
on a flop of 
. Jason Pickup was in the big blind with 
and made a bet of 175,000. Waltonbaugh threw in a raise to 425,000 and after some thought, Pickup folded, sending the pot Waltonbaugh's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
