Nathan Allen raised to 150,000 in the hijack and was called by Andrew Asher on the button and Jeff Heiberg in the small blind.
The flop came 7♥3♠2♠ and Allen bet 150,000. Asher then raised to 300,000, Heiberg folded, while Allen called.
Asher bet another 300,000 on the 8♣ turn, and Allen again called. The Q♦ river was checked down, and Asher turned over 9♥9♦. Allen mucked.
Rick Burleson raised to 175,000 on the button and Rick Lehman called in the big blind.
The flop came 6♦10♥8♠ and Lehman moved all in for 500,000. Burleson shook his head and quickly threw his cards into the muck.
Eric Kraft moved all in for 375,000 under the gun and Alex Powell called in the big blind.
Eric Kraft: A♥Q♥ 
Alex Powell: 7♣4♣
Both players hit a pair on the A♦8♣4♦ flop, while Kraft remained in the lead with his aces. The rest of the board ran out 10♥2♠, and Kraft doubled up.
Lance Schuchard moved all in for 545,000 in early position and Jeff Heiberg called in middle position.
Lance Schuchard: 5♥5♦
Jeff Heiberg: A♠Q♦
The J♣9♠8♣ flop gave Heiberg a straight draw to go with his overcards, and the 10♥ turn improved him to a straight and left Schuchard drawing only to a chop. The river was the 8♥ and Schuchard was sent to the rail in eighth place.
Level: 24
Blinds: 50,000/75,000
Ante: 75,000
Rick Burleson raised to 125,000 in early position and Andrew Asher called in the hijack.
"Playing the heater, huh?" Burleson said as they saw a flop of K♥7♣9♥. Burleson then continued for 125,000, and Asher called.
Both players checked the K♣ turn. Burleson also checked the K♦ river, Asher bet 200,000, and Burleson folded.
Asher flashed the 10♥ as he took the pot. "Oops, I misread my hand," he said.
"Anyone want a drink? I'll buy," Rick Lehman asked the table.
"Are you trying to get the final table drunk?" tournament director Jerry Sorrells said to him.
"I'm trying to get myself drunk," Lehman replied.
"If I didn't have to drive myself home to South Dakota tonight, I might take you up on that," Rick Burleson added.
Alex Powell then bet 75,000 from under the gun in a limped pot on a flop of K♣10♦5♣ and Andrew Asher raised to 150,000 on the button. Powell called, and the 9♥ fell on the turn.
Powell checked to Asher, who bet 200,000. Powell quickly folded.
Andrew Asher raised to 175,000 in middle position, Alex Powell three-bet to 400,000 on the button, and Asher called.
The flop came 7♦8♥6♣ and Asher led out for 200,000. Powell called, and the 4♠ fell on the turn.
Asher then moved all in for 1,300,000, and Powell folded.
In a five-way limped pot to a flop of K♥4♥7♥, Alex Powell bet 275,000 from under the gun and only Eric Kraft called in early position.
Both players checked the A♥ turn. Powell then bet 300,000 on the 4♣ river, and Kraft snap-called.
Powell showed K♦Q♥ for a turned flush. "Flopped it," Kraft said as he mucked.
Andrew Asher raised to 125,000 in middle position, Justin Fowler moved all in for 400,000 in the big blind, and Asher called.
Justin Fowler: A♠K♣
Andrew Asher: A♦10♠
Fowler had Asher dominated, but the 10♦7♦A♣ flop gave Asher the lead with two pair. The Q♠ turn gave Fowler some hope with a straight draw, but he missed the 5♠ river and was eliminated in ninth place.
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