Maurice Hawkins opened to 230,000 from the button, Justin Carey defended his big blind and the dealer fanned out on the flop.
Action checked to Hawkins, he bet 200,000 and Carey check-raised to 615,000. Hawkins called and the peeled off as a turn card. Carey moved all in for more than enough to cover Hawkins who hit the fold button after a moment of thought.
Justin Carey moved all in from the small blind for 1,680,000 and Andrew Ostapchenko called in the big blind, players turned over their cards with Carey at risk.
Justin Carey:
Andrew Ostapchenko:
The board ran out and Carey's kicker played, securing him a double through Ostapchenko who will have to part with some of his newly acquired chips.
Dan Chalifour led the tournament for most of the latter part and came into the final day with the lead. He was atop the leaderboard for most of today until a hand where he opened from under the gun and Ostapchenko moved all in for 2,665,000 from the big blind. Chalifour called and the two tabled their hands with Chalifour ahead.
Dan Chalifour:
Andrew Ostapchenko:
The flop came down , smashing Ostapchenko with a set but Chalifour still had plenty of outs to take down the pot. The turn came down with one of them when the dealer turned over a , giving Chalifour a straight and the lead. The lead shifted once more on the river as the landed, filling up Ostapchenko who took down the pot for a massive double, leaving Chalifour short.
Chalifour double the very next hand with against Ostapchenko's , bringing him back up to the 800,000 mark. The hand to follow had Ostapchenko call another all in from Chalifour and the players tabled their hands, revealing a classic flip.
Dan Chalifour:
Andrew Ostapchenko:
The board ran out and Ostapchenko's sailboats took down the pot, eliminating the start of the day chipleader from the tournament in fifth place for a respectable $35,947.
David Plotkin opened to 210,000 from under the gun, Andrew Ostapchenko three-bet to 325,000 on the button and Plotkin quickly four-bet to 600,000.
Ostapchenko thought for a moment before he announced all-in and Plotkin snap-called. Ostapchenko turned over and Plotkin tabled for the exact same hand. The board ran out dry and the two players split up an unlikely hand.
Andrew Ostapchenko raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, Dan Chalifour called on the button and Maurice Hawkins stuck around from the small blind.
The dealer fanned out on the flop, action checked to Ostapchenko who bet 200,000 and only Chalifour called to see the turn card. Both players checked to the river and Ostapchenko then fired in 325,000. Chalifour released his hand, sending another pot to Ostapchenko.
Andrew Ostapchenko moved all in for 1,550,000 from the cutoff, David Plotkin snap-called in the big blind and the two tabled their hands with Ostapchenko at risk.
Andrew Ostapchenko:
David Plotkin:
The flop was huge for Ostapchenko as the dealer fanned out , giving him a set of hockey sticks. The landed on the turn and Plotkin was now drawing dead to the river card, sending a complete double to Ostapchenko.