On a flop of , button player Scotty Nguyen's bet was check-raised by the big blind to 12,000. Nguyen called to the turn. When the big blind leaned forward to get a look at Nguyen's stack, he said, "4500 baby," then "alright, baby" after the big blind moved in. Nguyen turned a set of 9s with but was drawing against the big blind's nut flush, . The river didn't pair the board. The Prince of Poker shook a few hands, said, "Good luck baby," then grabbed his Bud Light and shuffled out of the poker room.
Dwyte Pilgrim -- the real Dwyte Pilgram, not the Dwyte Pilgrim clone lurking in the back of the tournament room -- opened from early position to 2,200. He was called by a middle-position player. Both men checked the flop , the turn and the river . At showdown Pilgrim produce . His opponent turned up its counterpart to chop the pot.
On one of the last hands before the dinner break, David Williams opened with a raise from early-middle position to 1,500. Kevin Calenzo called from the hijack seat and the flop came down after everyone else folded. Williams continued with a bet of 2,500 and Calenzo called.
The turn was the and Williams bet 6,000. Calenzo mucked and Williams showed the . He moved to 103,000 after this hand while Calenzo dropped to 23,000.
All of the players still in the field are now in the back tournament room. Or at least they were up until a minute ago, when the field was sent on a 60-minute dinner break. They'll play 7 more levels when they return.
[Removed:163] just send a player to the rail to see his chip stack rise. Sheikh held the and his opponent the with all of the going in preflop. The board ran out to give Sheikh the win.
All of the money went in on the flop between Carter King and Jean Gaspard. Gaspard tabled the and King the , With Gaspard holding two eights and the board paired, it was slim pickings for King.
The turn quickly ended things when the peeled and gave Gaspard a full house. The river completed the board with the . King was eliminated on the hand.
Keith Ferrera and [Removed:163] were the only player in the pot to the turn of a board that came . Each paid 5,500 to see the river fall . Sheikh had first action and bet 14,500. Ferrera called, but whatever he had couldn't top Sheikh's , aces and treys. Sheikh is up to 59,000 as a result, while Ferrera slips back to 51,000.
With the average stack now down to 50 big blinds, the pace of eliminations has increased. There are only two tables still in play in the front half of the room; the remainder are all in the tournament room. Players notably absent from their seats include James Van Alstyne and Miller Dao.
The total prize pool generated was $714,240. Of that, $153,599 will go to first place. Making it to the final table will earn you at least $14,249 and just cashing will win $2,743. Here's a look at the final table payouts.
Place
Prize
1
$153,599
2
$94,944
3
$69,360
4
$51,418
5
$38,669
6
$29,498
7
$22,820
8
$17,906
9
$14,249
For the complete list of payouts, please check out our Payouts tab.
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, button player Scotty Nguyen's bet was check-raised by the big blind to 12,000. Nguyen called to the 
turn. When the big blind leaned forward to get a look at Nguyen's stack, he said, "4500 baby," then "alright, baby" after the big blind moved in. Nguyen turned a set of 9s with 
but was drawing against the big blind's nut flush, 
. The 
river didn't pair the board. The Prince of Poker shook a few hands, said, "Good luck baby," then grabbed his Bud Light and shuffled out of the poker room.
, the turn 
and the river 
. At showdown Pilgrim produce 
. His opponent turned up its counterpart 
to chop the pot.
after everyone else folded. Williams continued with a bet of 2,500 and Calenzo called.
. He moved to 103,000 after this hand while Calenzo dropped to 23,000.
with all of the going in preflop. The board ran out 
flop between Carter King and Jean Gaspard. Gaspard tabled the 
peeled and gave Gaspard a full house. The river completed the board with the 
. Each paid 5,500 to see the river fall 
. Sheikh had first action and bet 14,500. Ferrera called, but whatever he had couldn't top Sheikh's 