Isaac Haxton opened with a raise under the gun and received calls from Bill Perkins and Anton Astapau in the hijack and big blind respectively. After the flop came out , action checked to Perkins and he bet 165,000.
Astapau woke up with a check-raise to 165,000, Haxton folded, and Perkins thought for a few moments before moving all in. Astapau, who only had 335,000, wasted little time in folding.
Bryn Kenney opened for 50,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Mustapha Kanit on the button. The flop saw Kenney check-call a bet of 50,000, and then he check-called one of 135,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, both players checked and Kenney tabled the . It was good as Kanit mucked his hand.
Nick Petrangelo raised from the button to 60,000 and both blinds, Joe McKeehen and David Peters, called. The flop brought out and all three players checked.
On the turn the hit and McKeehen bet 82,000, Peters folded and Petrangelo called.
The river brought the and Petrangelo folded after tanking for quite some time to McKeehen's bet of 145,000.
After a runner-up finish in 2012 for $846,700 and an eighth-place finish in 2013 for $228,960, the familiar face of Dan Shak returned to the final table for the third year in a row. This time he had done so in a field of 56 entries and found himself leading the final seven players into Day 3.
After a double elimination on the bubble to end Day 2 saw Paul Newey finish one spot outside the money in ninth place and Mike McDonald cash in eighth for $217,320, the group returned the next day to see Ole Schemion bust seventh, Tony Gregg go out sixth, and Matt Glantz finish in fifth. Antonio Esfandiari, who was the prior year's "bubble boy," fell in fourth place and earned $575,920.
In the final trio, Shak was joined by the tough competition of Vanessa Selbst and Fabian Quoss. Despite at one point holding the chip lead over her opponents and looking like she would go on to win, the tides turned for Selbst quickly when Quoss doubled through to to lead knock her to the bottom of the group. Shortly after that, she was all in against Quoss once again, and this time she was eliminated.
Quoss entered heads-up play with about a 2-1 advantage over Shak, soon extended the gap, and there wasn't much Shak could do. Shak was certainly hoping to improve upon his second-place finish from two years prior with a victory, but it would be another bridesmaid result for the semi-professional high-stakes poker player and hedge fund manager. This time around, Shak scored nearly $1.2 million for his result and brought his three-year total in this event from 2012-2014 over $2.25 million.
For Quoss, he banked over $1.6 million and ignited the best year of his poker career. When 2014 was all said and done, Quoss had won over $3.12 million.
David Peters made it 54,000 to go from the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton reraised from the small blind to 154,000, and then action fell on Bill Perkins in the big blind. Perkins tanked long and hard, but eventually folded, and Peters quickly followed him into the muck.
"What'd ya have, Ike?" asked Perkins.
Haxton showed the .
"Man, I almost shipped it, too," Perkins said. "You would've had me racing with one hand tied behind my back."
Isaac Haxton checked the flop, and Joe McKeehen bet 40,000. Haxton called. The on the turn was checked by both players, and then the on the river saw Haxton check-call a bet of 90,000. McKeehen showed the , and Haxton mucked his hand.
On the flop, Anton Astapau check-called a bet of 40,000 from Joe McKeehen before seeing the land on the turn. Both players checked, and the river paired the board with the . Astapau led with a bet of 135,000, and McKeehen folded.
It's not been smooth sailing for Kathy Lehne after the dinner break as she was just caught losing a big pot. On a flop Lehne bet 50,000 from the big blind and Daniel Dvoress raised from her direct left to 155,000.
Lehne made the call and on the turn the hit. Lehne quickly lead out for 150,000 and Dvoress tanked for a bit before making the call.
On the river the hit and both players checked.
"I have an ace," Dvoress said as he tabled and that was enough to take down the pot.
In one of the first hands back from dinner, Isaac Haxton raised to 50,000 under the gun and Bill Perkins, who was to his direct left, popped it to 140,000. Action folded back to Haxton, and he shoved all in for 798,000 total. Perkins snap-called but discovered bad news.
Perkins:
Haxton:
Haxton was well out in front and looking to hold, which is just what he did after the board ran out a clean .
, action checked to Perkins and he bet 165,000.
for the flopped nuts.
flop saw Kenney check-call a bet of 50,000, and then he check-called one of 135,000 on the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, both players checked and Kenney tabled the 
. It was good as Kanit mucked his hand.
and all three players checked.
hit and McKeehen bet 82,000, Peters folded and Petrangelo called.
and Petrangelo folded after tanking for quite some time to McKeehen's bet of 145,000.
flop, and Joe McKeehen bet 40,000. Haxton called. The 
on the turn was checked by both players, and then the 
, and Haxton mucked his hand.
land on the turn. Both players checked, and the river paired the board with the 
hit. Lehne quickly lead out for 150,000 and Dvoress tanked for a bit before making the call.
hit and both players checked.
and that was enough to take down the pot.
