Cards were on their backs between three players with 
on the board. Jody Fayant was cooked with 
, while Henning Wendlandt had 
in front of him for flopped two pair. That was good for the pot as Preben Stokkan was showing 
.
The main pot in the middle was about 1.3 million, and Wendlandt collected an additional 1,165,000 from Stokkan.
After a couple of preflop raises, Hiroki Nawa and Sergei Petrushevskii got all of their chips in the middle with Petrushevskii being the player at risk for around 1,000,000.
Hiroki Nawa: 
Sergei Petrushevskii: 
It was a coin flip and the dealer fanned the flop of 
. Petrushevskii was still in the lead but Nawa picked up a straight draw to go with his two overcards. The on the turn changed nothing but it was the on the river that was the last nail in Petrushevskii's coffin.
Aaron Steury was vacating the tournament area with a payout ticket and he shared the simple details of his bustout. Still short with around 700,000, he got it in with 
and ran into pocket kings.
Joseph Beasy was receiving a double worth 1.58 million when we arrived at his table. His 
was still face up, good for kings full on a board of 
, and Jiwoon Kim's cards were already in the muck.
Dario Sammartino raised to 100,000 and Kristofer Kneale in the cutoff moved all in for his last 755,000. Richard Seymour on the button tank-called and Jeffrey Eldred called from the small blind, Sammartino folded.
Kristofer Kneale: 
Jeffrey Eldred:
Kneale paired the queen on the 
flop and the 
turn and 
river were blanks to secure his double up.
On a board that read 
Jesse Vilchez was faced with an river shove from Ryan Yu. The pot already had about 1,700,000 in the middle and Yu had Vilchez covered as Yu's shove was for 3,300,000, which was more than what Vilchez had left.
Vilchez began to talk at a volume that was just loud enough to be directed at Yu but also seemed somewhat meant to be muttering to himself.
"I have jacks. I have a set of jacks" he said as he talked through potential hands that Yu could have.
"I love you man, I love you" he interjected to Yu, in the middle of his deliberation, indicating that he was enjoying the big decision despite the stress of it. Meanwhile Yu covered his mouth with his hoodie and did not give off anything to Vilchez's talk.
"This is like a superhero" added Vilchez just before folding his hand which he said again was pocket jacks. Yu nodded and indicated that it was a good fold as he pulled in the chips.
On the secondary feature table, Michael Kapernaros raised to 110,000 and Jordan Knackstedt called in the cutoff. The flop brought 
and Kapernaros continued for 190,000, Knackstedt came along to see the 
on the turn. A second barrel of 475,000 by Kapernaros followed and Knackstedt made the call before the 
came on the river.
Kapernaros emptied the clip and moved all in for 1.1 million and Knackstedt tank-called to get shown the 
for the king-high straight. Knackstedt mucked 
for two pair and took a big hit to his stack.
Adedapo Ajayi opened to 130,000 in early position and Nicholas Marchington three-bet to 400,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Ajayi who made the call. The flop came 
and Ajayi check-called a bet of 350,000 from Marchington.
The turn brought the 
and Ajayi checked again. Marchington pushed out a bet of 1,000,000 and Ajayi responded with a check-raise to 2,100,000. Marchington called and the on the river put four hearts on the board. Ajayi checked once more and Marchington quickly checked it back.
Marchington turned over 
for a queen-high flush. Ajayi turned the on the river face down, indicating that he got rivered, before mucking his cards.
These players collected $50,855 for their Main Event Finishes.
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