Under the gun Phil Hellmuth raised on the first hand on the last table in this event. He made it 800,000 and David Einhorn called from the button. Brian Rast was on the big blind and he called as well.
The flop came down and all three players checked. The turn was the and both Rast and Einhorn folded to Hellmuth's 1,000,000-chip bet.
Sam Trickett just raised from the cutoff to 600,000, and Philipp Gruissem three-bet to 1,350,000 from the button. After both blinds folded Trickett moved all in, and Gruissem called off for a total of 7.2 million chips.
Trickett turned over and was ahead in this coin flip as Gruissem turned over .
The board ran out , and Gruissem got knocked out in 11th place.
There will be a redraw for a table of ten, and the money bubble has begun!
Even after this double up Ilya Bulychev finds himself at the bottom of the chip counts, but the Russian is still in contention.
From the cutoff Bulychev moved all in for 1.1 million and Brian Rast called from the button. Sam Trickett called from the big blind and three-way they went to the flop.
The flop came down and Rast bet 1.5 million, Trickett folded.
Bulychev showed and Rast had . The turn was the , which didn't help Bulychev, but the river gave him trips when the hit. Bulychev stays alive and there are still 12 players remaining.
Brandon Steven moved all in for 1.57 million from the button after play folded his way. Sam Trickett made the called from the small blind and Philipp Gruissem folded from the big blind. Trickett tabled the , but was behind the for Steven.
On the flop, Steven's ace high stayed in front as he was looking to double up. The turn brought the and Steven added a pair of nines to hold two pair, although it didn't change anything as Trickett was still looking for a king or a jack.
The river completed the board with the and Trickett had spiked a jack to win the pot. Steven couldn't believe it and his head snapped away from the table as he was pained to see what had fallen.
Steven took a few seconds to gather himself, returned to the table and shook everyone's hand, a true class-act maneuver.
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
and both Rast and Einhorn folded to Hellmuth's 1,000,000-chip bet.
and was ahead in this coin flip as Gruissem turned over 
.
, and Gruissem got knocked out in 11th place.
and Rast bet 1.5 million, Trickett folded.
and Rast had 
, which didn't help Bulychev, but the river gave him trips when the 
flop, Steven's ace high stayed in front as he was looking to double up. The turn brought the 
and Steven added a pair of nines to hold two pair, although it didn't change anything as Trickett was still looking for a king or a jack.