Just before the hand, we overhead TJ Cloutier tell one of James Pritchard's sweaters that, "He needs to pick a hand he likes and put his chips in."
Apparantly he found his hand. The betting was capped preflop between James Pritchard and Spencer Lawrence. The last bet was enough to put Pritchard all in.
Pritchard:
Lawrence:
Board:
Pritchard's three eights are enough to double him up to around 400,000 in chips.
Thang Luu raised it up and George Guzman announced "This is it!" as he three-bet from the button. It was folded to Luu, who called.
The flop came and Luu bet before Guzman pushed the last of his chips into the middle. Luu called showing but was in trouble as Guzman showed a monster with his .
The turn landed the and river brought the to make Guzman a straight flush for the high and they chop the low with the wheel.
There was some confusion as the dealer pushed the entire put towards Guzman but Luu quickly jumped out of his chair and grabbed the cards before they were mucked to clarify that he indeed collected a quarter of the pot!
James Pritchard - 4th Place
With the blinds so high, James Pritchard had to make a stand and he decided to push the last of this chips into the middle from the small blind with . Thang Luu made the call from the big blind and tabled .
The board ran out and Luu's pair of kings hold to collect the pot and send James Pritchard home after a great tournament in fourth place for $78,456 in prize money.
Our 3rd Place Finisher
George Guzman went all in preflop against Spencer Lawrence. He stated, "Number 19." Guzman has been all in at least 18 times already today and either chopped or doubled up.
Guzman:
Lawrence:
Board:
The on the turn gave Lawrence a full house and ended Guzman's run in today's main event.
Guzman said after the hand, "19 wasn't a good one."
Thang Luu strikes the first major blow of the heads-up battle on a board of . After Spencer Lawrence had bet the turn, Luu was the aggressor on the river, firing a 100,000 chip bet into Lawrence after he had checked.
Lawrence went into the tank for a long, long time. He eventually sighed and gave up his hand.
"I think you were on a bluff," he queried but Luu, who has been quite jovial at the final table today, gave him nothing. It's game on!
Heads Up for the Bracelet!
This is proving to be a fascinating heads-up battle. Both players have played an aggressive game, with Thang Luu relentless in his approach. Luu rarely ever folds his blind and is prepared to gamble it up with any cards to try and connect with a flop.
Lawrence had to battle harder to accumulate his stack, but since he got hold of his chips he has not given them up easily. His game is tight and solid and will be difficult to crack!
Thang Luu raised it up from the button and Spencer Lawrence made the call. They took a flop of and Lawrence checked the action to Luu who made a continuation bet. Lawrence then announced a check-raise, which Luu quickly called.
The turn brought the and again Lawrence bet out and Luu called.
The river landed the and Lawrence bet for a third time. Luu went into the tank, clearly not happy with the river, before eventually sliding a stack of pinks into the middle to make the call.
Lawrence calmly said "nuts" as he revealed for the wheel low and a six-high straight for the high. Luu mucked his cards and Lawrence recovers some chips, moving close to 1 million in chips. Luu still holds the lead with about 1.5 million.
and Luu bet before Guzman pushed the last of his chips into the middle. Luu called showing 
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and river brought the 
to make Guzman a straight flush for the high and they chop the low with the wheel.
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and Luu's pair of kings hold to collect the pot and send James Pritchard home after a great tournament in fourth place for $78,456 in prize money.
. After Spencer Lawrence had bet the turn, Luu was the aggressor on the river, firing a 100,000 chip bet into Lawrence after he had checked.
for a pair of aces and Lawrence mucked the hand.
for the wheel low and a six-high straight for the high. Luu mucked his cards and Lawrence recovers some chips, moving close to 1 million in chips. Luu still holds the lead with about 1.5 million.
