David Elisofon raised to 3,000,000 from under the gun, and Kelly Gall reshoved one seat over, covering the entire table. Back on Elisofon, he called it off and they were off to the races.
David Elisofon: A♥Q♣
Kelly Gall: 10♥10♣
The flip landed in Gall's favor as the board ran out 6♥6♣3♣K♠9♠ to make Elisofon the sixth-place finisher.
"Just win all your races," Gall educated his fellow table mates.
Ryan Stephens raised to 2,500,000, Steven Genovese three-bet shoved 13,400,000, and Stephens called it off.
Steven Genovese: Q♣Q♦
Ryan Stephens: A♥8♠
"Queens versus ace-eight," Stephens informed his rail, who responded with, "Come on, Lady Luck!"
The board came 9♣7♦5♠3♥2♦ for the queens to hold up and Genovese's rail loudly celebrated.
Ryan Stephens raised to 2,500,000 from middle position and got called by Steven Genovese in the big blind leading to a 3♠7♥J♠ flop.
Genovese checked to Stephens who continued with a bet of 2,000,000. Genovese called, prompting the dealer to burn and turn the 3♥.
Genovese checked for a second time and Stephens again tossed out a bet, this time for 4,000,000. Genovese check-called once more to bring the 9♠ out on the river.
Genovese checked for a third time only to see Stephens jam. Genovese quickly folded and Stephens collected a big pot without showdown.
After defending his big blind against an open from Ryan Stephens, Raffaello Locatelli saw a flop of 9♣7♣5♥ appear and decided to open-shove for 6,400,000. Stephens called it off after some thought.
Raffaello Locatelli: J♠8♠
Ryan Stephens: A♠4♥
Locatelli had plenty of outs with his double gutter and live cards but neither the 5♠ turn nor 7♠ river brought the help he needed.
Steven Genovese made it 3,000,000 to go on the button and Will Butcher three-bet shoved 15,100,000 from the small blind. Genovese asked for a count and pondered for a while before calling it off.
Will Butcher: K♥K♠
Steven Genovese: K♣Q♦
Butcher found himself in a fantastic spot to double up and did so after the J♣7♠5♠8♥3♥ board remained safe.
Kelly Gall raised to 4,000,000 from middle position. Action folded to Youssef Hicham in the big blind who jammed for 12,300,000 total. Gall paused briefly before announcing a call to send the pair to a runout with Hicham at risk.
Youssef Hicham: 9♣9♥
Kelly Gall: K♣J♦
The flop came 10♦5♦Q♠, giving Gall an open-ended straight draw to go with his two over cards to Hicham's nines.
The J♣ put Gall in the lead with one card to come and the 6♥ completed the board without improving Hicham, sending him to the rail in eighth for $25,512.
Youssef Hicham has been hovering around the ten big blind mark for a while, but bought himself a bit of a breather with two uncontested shoves in short succession.
The blinds moved up in between the hands, while Hicham worked his way back up to nearly 15 million.
Level: 38
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 1,200,000
Raffaello Locatelli raised to 2,100,000 from middle position. Action folded to Ryan Stephens in the big blind who jammed to put Locatelli at risk. Locatelli called to send the duo to a runout.
Raffaello Locatelli: K♠10♦
Ryan Stephens: A♣J♥
The board of 10♣5♠8♣2♥6♥ ran out favorably for Locatelli who was able to flop a ten and hold to secure a full double.
Second to act, Dejuante Alexander open-shoved 11,500,000 and action folded to Ryan Stephens in the big blind. Stephens flicked in a quick call to put Alexander at risk.
Dejuante Alexander: A♥K♥
Ryan Stephens: A♣A♦
Not for the first time at the final table, ace-king was up against the blades. There was no escape for the lone bracelet winner remaining as the board ran out 9♠8♥6♠4♠A♠, making Alexander the first casualty at the FT.
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