Hand #59: Brian O'Donoghue made it 100,000 to go but that wasn't big enough for Taras Kripps who raised to 225,000. Brian O'Donoghue four bet to 400,000 and Kripps folded.
Hand #60: Brian O'Donoghue got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #61: Van Tran got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #62: Van Tran made it 120,000 from the small blind and Barny Boatman made the call from the big blind. Tran checked to Boatman on . Boatman bet out 100,000 and Tran quickly folded.
Hand #63: Barny Boatman limped in from the small blind and Taras Kripps checked from the big blind. Both players checked as well on and Boatman checked again on the on the turn. Kripps made it 50,000 only to be welcomed by a raise to 125,000 from Barney. Kripps made it 300,000 even and Boat man folded.
Hand #64: Brian O'Donoghue received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #65: Boatman made it 100,000 under-the-gun and everybody folded.
Hand #66: Barny Boatman got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #67: Van Tran raised it up to 100,000 from the button, but he folded as Taras Kripps made it 250,000 from the big blind.
Hand #68: Brian O'Donoghue got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #69: Barny Boatman made it 100,000 first to act. Van Tran made the call from the big blind and check-called 75,000 from Boatman on . The on the turn made Tran bet out 100,000 and Boatman called. The on the river made Tran check. Boatman bet 300,000 and Tran folded.
Hand #70: Brian O'Donoghue opened to 100,000 from the button but he folded to Van Tran's all in for 550,000 from the small blind.
Hand #71: Barny Boatman limped in from the small blind and Taras Kripps checked. Boatman bet out 50,000 on but Kripps raised to 100,000. Boatman made the call but check-folded to a 150,000 bet from Kripps on the on the turn.
Hand #72: Barny Boatman made it 100,000 from the button and Brian O'Donoghue made the call. Both players checked on and the was turned. Boatman bet 75,000 and O'Donoghue made the call. Boatman bet another 275,000 on the on the river and again O'Donoghue called. Boatman mucked though and O'Donoghue did the same.
Hand #73: Taras Kripps raised to 100,000 from the button and Van Tran called from the big blind. Tran pushed all in on and that was the end of it, Kripps folded.
Hand #74:
made it 100,000 from the button and Barny Boatman made the call from the big blind. Boatman check-folded to a 125,000 bet on . from O'Donoghue.
Hand #75: Van Tran made it 100,000 from the button and Taras Kripps made the call from the big blind. on the flop and Kripps checked. Tran bet 200,000 and called all in for 715,000 after Taras Kripps put all his chips in the middle. Tran showed while Kripps had for an open-ended and pair. The on the turn and didn't help Kripps and he doubled Tran.
Hand #76: Taras Kripps pushed all in for 875,000 from the small blind and Brian O'Donoghue made the call out of the big blind. Kripps showed while O'Donoghue had found a good hand with .
The on the flop didn't do anything for Kripps but the on the turn did. Kripps needed to avoid a queen or ace now but didn't succeed in that mission: on the river. O'Donoghue had made a straight and eliminated Kripps that way.
The remaining three players are guaranteed $239,339.
Hand #77: From the small blind Brian O'Donoghue made it 125,000 and Van Tran called from the big blind. O'Donoghue bet 160,000 on and Tran called. Both checked on the on the turn and the appeared on the river. Brian O'Donoghue bet 225,000 but folded to Van Tran's push all in.
Hand #78: Brian O'Donoghue made it 100,000 on the button and Barny Boatman made the call from the big blind. Both checked on and O'Donoghue bet out 125,000 on the on the turn. Boatman made the call but he folded as O'Donoghue bet another 300,000 on the on the river.
Hand #79: In one of the biggest pots of the tournament Barny Boatman just doubled up through, till that moment commanding, chip leader Brian O'Donoghue.
Barny Boatman limped in from the small blind but the action would soon explode. Brian O'Donoghue in the big blind made it 150,000 and then it began: Boatman made it 375,000 and O'Donoghue bumped it up to 700,000. Now Boatman made the call and the flop appeared: .
Boatman bet out 400,000 and O'Donoghue raised (again), now to 800,000. Boatman pushed all in for 2.1 million and O'Donoghue made the call. Boatman showed his flopped set with and O'Donoghue frustratedly tabled his . O'Donoghue needed a king but wouldn't get it: on the turn and on the river. Barny Boatman is now the big stack three handed.