Joao Vieira raised to 110,000 from the big blind and Ben Yu called from the big blind, leaving 65,000 behind.
The chips when in on the J♥10♠5♣ flop and the cards were tabled.
Ben Yu: K♣Q♦9♥6♠
Joao Vieira: A♠K♥Q♥10♣
Vieira had a pair and a superior wrap to Yu, and remained ahead after the 6♣ turn. The J♠ river offered no help to Yu and he exited the final table in eighth place.
Bryn Kenney raised to 175,000 with A♥5♥3♠3♥ from the button. Albert Daher defended the big blind with K♠K♥J♠10♦.
The 9♥8♥8♣ flop checked through to the 2♠ turn. Daher bet 150,000 and was called. Kenney paired up on the A♠ river to seal the check mark. He took in the pot after calling Daher's 50,000 block bet.
Albert Daher Q♣J♥9♥9♣ raised to 150,000 from early position. Joao Vieira K♣Q♠Q♥9♠ and Bryn Kenney A♠A♥3♦3♣ called from the cutoff and big blind respectively.
The action checked through to the river where the board read 2♦7♦7♣8♦4♦. Kenney bet 100,000 into 525,000, folding out both opponents.
Joao Vieira: Ax5x/7x4x2x5x7x/3x
Bryn Kenney: 6x3x/2x5x8x9x/Kx
Ben Lamb: 8x5x/Ax9x - folded on fourth street
Bryn Kenney completed and received calls from Joao Vieira and Ben Lamb.
Kenney bet fourth street and only Vieira called. Vieira then bet fifth and Kenney called.
On sixth street Kenney bet after Vieira paired his seven. Kenney then check-called a bet from Vieira on seventh. Kenney had an eight while Vieira had a wheel to win the hand.
Bryn Kenney raised with A♦J♣10♥8♦ from the hijack, with Albert Daher calling from the button with K♣Q♣J♥10♠.
"I think i'm the next one to bust," said Ben Yu, who three-bet with A♠K♠8♥2♦ from the small blind. Esther Taylor, with A♥A♣J♦6♦, called as did Kenney and Daher.
On the 10♣9♦3♣ flop, Yu checked and Taylor bet. Kenney raised, with Daher calling. Yu folded before Taylor stuck around.
Kenney and Daher both made straights on the Q♠ turn, with Daher's king-high straight giving him the checkmark. Taylor checked, Kenney bet, Daher raised, which folded out Taylor. Kenney called.
The 4♦ completed the board. Kenney check-called a bet, only to see Daher table the better straight to scoop in the 3,000,000 pot.
Albert Daher opened from under the gun and received calls from Andrew Yeh in the cutoff and Ben Lamb in the big blind.
The flop came A♠K♣J♠. Lamb checked, Daher bet, Yeh called and Lamb folded.
Yeh check-called two more bets from Daher on the A♥ turn and Q♠ river. Yeh had A♣J♣3♦3♣ for a aces full of jacks but Daher had him beat with A♥Q♥2♦2♣ for a higher full house to take the pot.
Albert Daher completed with Q♣6♣ / J♥, and took the pot with no resistance.
Esther Taylor completed with Q♥J♠ / 9♣ and folded out the remaining players.
Bryn Kenney completed with J♦10♦ / 9♣. Taylor called from the bring-in with 7♣3♥ / 3♦. Taylor caught the 6♣ on fourth, and folded after Kenney bet, making open nines after getting the 9♣.
Ben Lamb completed with A♠4♠ / 4♥ and received no action.
Kenney raised with Q♣10♦ / 9♣ and another pot was won without going to fourth street.
Andrew Yeh: 10♣4♦8♣9♥4♣K♦ - folded on sixth street
Bryn Kenney: Q♥10♥ / 5♥3♥4♠6♣
Andrew Yeh completed with 10♣4♦ / 8♣. Kenney called from the bring-in with Q♥10♥5♥. Yeh caught the 9♥ on fourth, with Kenney getting the 3♥ to have a flush draw. Yeh bet and Kenney called. On fifth street, Yeh made split fours when he picked up the 4♣. Kenney received the 4♠. Yeh check-called a bet.
The K♦ arrived for Yeh on sixth, with Kenney being dealt the 6♣ to have an open-ended straight draw along with his flush draw. Yeh's fours were still the best hand. However, Yeh check-folded after Kenney bet.
Yeh got some chips back the following hand, completing with 5♥4♥ / 8♥ and folding out the table.
Kenny picked up split aces (A♠10♦ / A♣ ) on the final stud hand. He completed and found no customers, so he dragged in the antes and bring-in instead.
Twenty-two years after his last bracelet, four-time WSOP winner and 1996 Main Event champion Huck Seed is in pole position to triumph once again on poker’s grandest stage.