Catching the action on the flop, we found Romik Vartzar leading out for 35,000 from the big blind.
The preflop raiser - Zimnan Ziyard - made the call as the landed on the turn and Vartzar moved all in for his last 65,000. Ziyard instantly made the call.
Vartzar:
Ziyard:
With Vartzar drawing dead, he was headed to the rail in 11th place to leave us with an unofficial final table of ten.
The remaining ten players have been moved the ESPN feature table. We are experiencing a slight delay due to the lights not being on. Play will begin shortly.
As a reminder, the 685-player field formed a $1,870,050 prizepool, and once we lose one more, the final nine will be playing for a top prize of $420,802. There are however some decent bankroll-padding pay packets in-between as the final table payouts sit as follows.
Christian Harder opened for 28,000, Brock Parker called behind and Tex Barch reraised 111,000. Harder called pot to get Barch all in and Parker got out of the way. Barch was all in holding and Harder held .
The board ran and Harder's two pair eliminated Barch from the tournament. The official final table was set and they broke for dinner.
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flop, we found Romik Vartzar leading out for 35,000 from the big blind.
landed on the turn and Vartzar moved all in for his last 65,000. Ziyard instantly made the call.
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and Harder's two pair eliminated Barch from the tournament. The official final table was set and they broke for dinner.