Ivan Demidov
Darus Suharto has the button in Seat 5. The action folds to Ivan Demidov in the small blind. He completes, and Peter Eastgate checks his option from the big blind.
The flop is and both players quickly check. The turn is the and they both check again. The falls on the river, prompting a 625,000 bet from Demidov. Eastgate folds and Demidov wins the pot.
"I had to bet because I didn't want to show it!" said Demidov as he stacked his chips.
Scott Montgomery has the button in Seat 4. Action passes to Ylon Schwartz. His raise to 1.35 million is reraised by Darus Suharto in the small blind, who moves all in. Schwartz quickly folds, allowing Suharto to take down the pot.
Ylon Schwartz has the button in Seat 3. Peter Eastgate opens for 1,250,000 and the action is folded around to Darus Suharto in the big blind. He gives it up, and Eastgate takes down the pot.
Dennis Phillips has the button in Seat 1. Peter Eastgate is the first player into the pot, raising to 1.05 million. Sitting to Eastgate's immediate left, Phillips reraises to 3.45 million. Ylon Schwartz quickly folds his small blind, but Scott Montgomery is not so fast in the big blind. He seems deep in thought for about a minute, then draws a gasp from the crowd with a reraise to 10 million straight.
Eastgate, who got this all started, decides he wants nothing more to do with it and release his hand. Dennis Phillips, on the other hand, appears to have another decision to make. That decision is made after a minute; he folds and taps the felt "good hand" in Montgomery's direction.
Peter Eastgate has the button in Seat 9. Darus Suharto opens with a raise to 1,050,000. It's good enough to scare away the rest of the table and he picks up some valuable blinds and antes.
Here's how the final six stack up after Chino Rheem's elimination. Ivan Demidov still holds the chip lead, while Darus Suharto is now the short stack.
Ivan Demidov 39,075,000
Peter Eastgate 28,425,000
Dennis Phillips 20,750,000
Ylon Schwartz 20,425,000
Scott Montgomery 18,150,000
Darus Suharto 9,400,000
Chino Rheem - 7th Place
Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 7. When the action passes to him, Chino Rheem open-shoves for 3.5 million. Peter Eastgate calls from the small blind. After Dennis Phillips folds the big blind, Rheem and Eastgate open their hands.
Rheem:
Eastgate:
Rheem is in an excellent position to double up, having Eastgate dominated preflop. All that changes when the flop comes . Now Eastgate is the one who has Rheem dominated. Rheem needs a king or running cards to stay alive in this tournament. He doesn't get any help with the ; he's down to his last three outs on the river. He can't find any of them. The river is the to send Rheem out of the tournament in seventh place. He graciously offers a handshake and a hug to each of the remaining players at the table.
Rheem has nothing to be ashamed of; his efforts in the Main Event have earned him $1,772,650.
Darus Suharto has the button in Seat 5. All pass to Scott Montgomery, who raises to 1.1 million from the cutoff position. That raise folds the button and both blinds and produces a winner.
and both players quickly check. The turn is the 
and they both check again. The 
falls on the river, prompting a 625,000 bet from Demidov. Eastgate folds and Demidov wins the pot. 
. Now Eastgate is the one who has Rheem dominated. Rheem needs a king or running cards to stay alive in this tournament. He doesn't get any help with the 
; he's down to his last three outs on the river. He can't find any of them. The river is the 
to send Rheem out of the tournament in seventh place. He graciously offers a handshake and a hug to each of the remaining players at the table.
