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Well that didn't take long.
Neil Channing, the table short stack, wasted absolutely no time in getting his 300,000 or so in the middle. He was up against Chris Gonzalez.
Channing: 
Gonzalez: 
Board: 
With that, we are at our unofficial 10-handed final table, and players have moved over to the main stage across the room.
It's not quite the final, but it sure feels like it - all 10 players have squashed around the main feature table and cards are in the air. The railers now get seats. There is some serious tension in the air.
Good luck, all!
William Kakon open shoved the pot for about 555,000 chips and Christopher Gonzales called.
Showdown
Kakon: 
Gonzales: 
Flop: 
and Kakon shouted, "Deuce!"
Turn: 
River: and Kakon shouted, "YES!"
Double up for Kakon, is now up to 1,110,000 chips. Gonzales slipped to 2,450,000.
William Kakon either limped in or raised in early position - either way Alexander Queen, reduced to just 180,000, got his last in, Kakon called, and they were on their backs.
Kakon: 
Queen: 
Board: 
Queen didn't spike any kings or aces, but he had made a flush by the river and doubled to 470,000.
Billy Griner opened for 110,000 in the cutoff and William Kakon called in the big blind. They saw a 
flop, and Kakon promptly moved all in. Griner folded, and Kakon took the pot.
A couple hands later, and Griner opened for 130,000 in early position, only for Chris Kastler to make it 350,000 to go. Griner folded, and was down to 500,000 or so.
Chip daddy Christopher Gonzales opened for 135,000 and snap-called the push from Alexander Queen. On their backs, gentlemen.
Queen:
Gonzales: kc]
Board: 
Short-stacked for much of the day, thus ends the run of Alexander Queen. We, meanwhile, have reached our official final in good time, and it looks as though we'll be playing through to a winner tonight.
Seat 1: Christopher Gonzales - 2,705,000
Seat 2: Jason Hallee - 1,075,000
Seat 3: Jeff Cohen - 330,000
Seat 4: David Wilkinson - 1,345,000
Seat 5: Billy Griner - 525,000
Seat 6: Martin Jacobson - 1,185,000
Seat 7: Christopher Kastler - 1,810,000
Seat 8: William Kakon - 1,150,000
Seat 9: Mike Ellis - 560,000
Our nine official finalists have been introduced, their various railers have cheered at various volumes (winners - Mike Ellis' rail) and cards are once more in the air.
A few hands have been played, but all of them were taken down by a simple preflop raise. William Kakon has taken two of them, Christopher Gonzales one.
Jeff Cohen open-shoved in early position but everyone folded. He took the pot and was up to 405,000.
The next hand, now under the gun, Cohen shoved again. This time David Wilkinson on his immediate left re-shoved for 1.4 million. William Kakon (1.2 million) considered a call for a long, long time, which can't have made Cohen feel any better. Eventually he folded, though, and Cohen and Wilkinson went to showdown.
Cohen:
Wilkinson: 
Board: 
Wilkinson flopped a set, to a roar from his section of the rail. Cohen picked up an inside straight draw on the turn ("Oooh!" said the rail), but it was not to be. The river bricked for him, and we are down to just eight already.
