Shakerchi Eliminated; Winter Doubles Through Petrangelo
Talal Shakerchi came into the final table as the short stack but was unable to run up his stack as he was quickly eliminated in eighth place. With the tournament being played seven-handed, the official final table was confirmed.
It looked as though the action might be done for the night with a few premium hands all around the table. Sean Winter opened to 90,000 in the hijack with 
and Mikita Badziakouski just called in the cutoff with 
. Nick Petrangelo woke up with 
in the small blind and stuck in a three-bet to 475,000. Winter four-bet to 1,100,000 which got Badziakouski out of the hand and Petrangelo moved all in. Winter instantly called for just under 4,000,000 and was at risk.
The flop came 
and there wasn't even a sweat for Winter after he flopped quads. He picked up a massive double up to move into second place while Petrangelo fell back to the middle of the pack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,195,000 | -1,020,000 |
|
8,100,000 | 5,300,000 |
|
5,060,000 | -3,050,000 |
|
3,870,000 | -10,000 |
|
3,380,000 | -185,000 |
|
2,930,000 | -345,000 |
|
2,465,000 | 590,000 |
|
Busted |