Platt Wins An Early One
Level 35
: 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Joshua Harrison called in the small blind, and in the big blind Jeff Platt made it 2,100,000. Harrison called and a flop was dealt.
The flop came down 
and the action checked through to the 
turn. Harrison bet 2,400,000 and Platt called.
The river of 
was checked through and Platt tabled 
for a pair of eights. Harrison tapped the table and mucked and Platt scooped an early pot of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,400,000
4,600,000
|
4,600,000 |
|
||
|
11,000,000
-4,600,000
|
-4,600,000 |
. Harrison continued with a bet of 1,600,000. Little folded and Guay called.
action went check-check to the river which was the 
. Guay bet 2,500,000 and Harrison called after a moment.
which was good enough as Harrison mucked.
which gave Denove top set and left the other two players to draw to backdoors. The turn came a 
meaning Raffoul needed a nine to stay alive, and Wang needed a ten or five. The river came a 
and Denove scooped the biggest pot of the whole tournament, eliminating Raffoul in 10th place and Wang in 9th place, because he had more chips.
. Little jammed all in and was called by Guay, the other two players folded quickly.
for top pair and the nut flush draw while Guay had two-pair with the 
to give him the big pot to more than double.
left Harrison drawing dead to a queen to chop on the river. The river came a 
and Harrison was eliminated in 8th place.
and Inouye was drawing dead on the turn and left the tournament in 7th place.