The action folded to Alex Foxen in the small blind who raised to 175,000. In the big blind, Jesse Lonis three-bet to 700,000. Foxen announced a four-bet to 2,000,000, Lonis jammed for 2,215,000, and Foxen called.
Jesse Lonis: A♣K♥ 
Alex Foxen: A♥J♣
Lonis was primed for the double with the dominating ace on the 10♦5♣3♣ flop. Nothing changed on the 8♣10♥ runout as the tens with ace-king-high of Lonis was best for the full double.
With 63 entries recorded in Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em, the prize pool totaled $15,513,750.
There will be 10 players paid, with a min-cash being worth $516,393, while the eventual champion will walk away with $4,752,551.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $4,752,551 |
| 2 | $3,060,314 |
| 3 | $2,057,430 |
| 4 | $1,446,929 |
| 5 | $1,066,731 |
| 6 | $826,348 |
| 7 | $674,359 |
| 8 | $581,411 |
| 9 | $531,284 |
| 10 | $516,393 |
[Removed:607] opened the button to 100,000 and Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind.
On the Q♣10♥2♣ flop, [Removed:608] continued for 85,000 before Chidwick check-raised to 180,000. [Removed:608] then three-bet to 410,000, and Chidwick called.
The turn brought the 3♣. Chidwick checked to [Removed:608] who bet 255,000, and Chidwick called.
On the 4♠ river, Chidwick checked once again to [Removed:608] who jammed for 590,000 effective as the slightly covering stack, and Chidwick called all-in.
Stephen Chidwick: Q♥5♣
[Removed:607]: A♣7♠
[Removed:608] was bluffing with the naked ace of clubs as Chidwick made the right call with top pair weak kicker to double, as [Removed:608] is left with just over two blinds.
Sean Perry raised it up from early position and Santhosh Suvarna shoved all in for 345,000 on the button. Adrian Mateos just flat-called in the big blind and Perry came along as well.
The flop came K♠6♣5♣ and both players checked to the 7♣ on the turn. Mateos led out with a bet of 250,000 and Perry called to create a side pot. The 5♠ paired the board on the river and Mateos led out with another bet of 225,000. Perry folded this time and Mateos was awarded the side pot.
Mateos turned over A♣K♣ for a flush while Suvarna was left with K♦Q♠. Mateos was also shipped the main pot and the defending champion was eliminated for the second time this year.
Chance Kornuth was all in for around 280,000 in middle position against Nick Schulman in early position.
Chance Kornuth: A♥8♥
Nick Schulman: A♦A♣
Kornuth couldn't crack aces as the board ran out 2♦5♣6♥K♣Xx to mark his elimination.
Aram Oganyan made it 100,000 from the hijack and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 325,000 from the cutoff. When it got back to Oganyan, he four-bet jammed for 935,000. Chidwick snap-called.
Aram Oganyan: Q♦Q♣
Stephen Chidwick: J♦J♣
Oganyan had the bigger pair and looked likely to double-up. The board ran out 10♥A♣3♠A♥4♦, and Oganyan queens earned him the double-up.
Adrian Mateos opened to 100,000 in the hijack before Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 305,000 from the cutoff. With the action on Brandon Steven in the small blind, he used a time extension before he announced all-in for 1,450,000. Mateos quickly folded and Ausmus called with a grimace.
Brandon Steven: 7♥7♦
Jeremy Ausmus: A♦K♣
Steven found himself flipping for his tournament life until the A♠8♣3♥ flop vaulted Ausmus into the lead. Steven stood up from his seat and wished his opponents farewell as the board ran out Q♣10♠ and Ausmus held on to score the elimination.
A total of 63 entries were tallied for the event, falling short of last year's total of 75. There are 44 remaining with an average stack of 2,150,000, or 43 big blinds.
These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.
Level: 11
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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