Stephen Chidwick was all in for his last 300,000 in the big blind and action folded around to Jason Koon in the small blind, who called to put Chidwick at risk.
Stephen Chidwick:
Jason Koon:
Chidwick was in rough shape, and the runout kept Koon in the lead — eliminating Chidwick in fifth place.
Ali Imsirovic raised to 975,000 in first position, leaving himself just 175,000 behind.
As he has been known to do, Lin chose to gamble in the big blind and moved all-in. Imsirovic called.
"Not like this", said Imsirovic as the cards were placed on their backs.
Ali Imsirovic:
Ren Lin:
But it was like that for Imsirovic as the flop brought a pair for Lin, and the turn and river couldn't save Imsirovic, who was eliminated in sixth place.
On a flop of , Stephen Chidwick fired out a bet of 700,000 chips (with a single 25k chip behind) and was called by his lone opponent, Mikita Badziakouski.
The dealer burned and turned the and both players checked.
The dealer dealt the river card and Chidwick checked again. Next, Badziakouski placed a single one million chip in the middle and Chidwick laid it down, and Badziakouski was awarded the pot.
Ali Imsirovic shoved for 4.8 million from the cutoff and directly behind him, Daniel Negreanu called off for his last 3.6 million on the button. Everyone else folded and hands were revealed.
Ali Imsirovic:
Daniel Negreanu:
The runout kept Negreau's cowboys best and he double through Imsirovic.
Ali Imsirovic raised to 500,000 from early position. The action folded around to Mikita Badziakouski who moved all-in from the big blind and was snap-called by Imsirovic.
The hands were tabled and it was the held by Imsirovic that was all-in and at-risk versus the held by Badziakouski.
The dealer ran out the board of and things ended as they began, with Insirovic ahead, and he secured a double-up and survived his all-in.
Ren Lin's playful table talk has kept the mood light at the final table, and a particular favorite of Lin's to poke fun at is Stephen Chidwick, who he's dubbed "Boss Man"
Recently, Chidwick opened a pot to 575,000 which Lin then three-bet to 1.45 million. Chidwick took some time, then called.
The players saw a flop of , and after Chidwick checked to Lin, he broke out his now trademark catchphrase when moving all-in, "no gamble, no future!", and shoved his stack forward to put Chidwick at risk for his last 2.2 million.
Chidwick gave it 90 seconds of thought before folding, eliciting another decree of "touchdown Tom Brady!" from Lin as the chips were pushed his way.
Lin said a seemingly disappointed "c'mon Boss Man", as he stacked Chidwick's chips which have now put him solidly over six million.
Stephen Chidwick raised from an early position and was re-raised all-in by next to act Carlos Villamarin. The rest of the table got out of the way and Chidwick called and the two headed to the flop heads-up with Villamarin all-in and at-risk.
It was the held by Chidwick that dominated the held by Villamarin.
The dealer ran out the board of and Chidwick's nines full of aces were the winner, which in turn eliminated Villamarin in 7th place for which he took home $214,496 in cash.
Joao Vieira moved all-in for 265,000 from the cutoff and was called by both Jason Koon on the button and Carlos Villamarin in the big blind.
The flop came , and Villamarin put out a bet of 200,000, which Koon called.
On the turn, Villamarin again bet 200,000, but this time he was raised to 725,000 by Koon.
Villamarin made the call, then quickly checked the river. Koon checked back and the hands were turned up.
Joao Vieira:
Carlos Villamarin:
Jason Koon:
Vieira's pair of fours were second to Villamarin's pair of fives, which eliminated Vieira and earned a large side pot to push Villamarin's stack back over five million.
Ren Lin started things off when he raised to 270,000 from the hijack and was reraised to 625,000 by Ali Imsirovic from the cutoff. Next, Joao Vieira Re-raised to 1.7 million and Lin moved all-in. Then, Imsirovic ducked out of the way and Vieira called the small difference.
It was Ren Lin all-in and at-risk who held versus the held by Vieira.
The dealer ran out the board of and Lin took it down with one pair of kings and survived his all-in and doubled up.