HomeFrom the button, Malzanini bet 60,000 and got a call from Duong from the big blind.
Flop: K♣ 7♦ 10♥
Duong check-called Malzanini’s 65,000 bet to 143,000 and Malzanini stayed in the hand.
Turn: 8♠
Duong led out this time to 185,000 and Malzanini flats.
River: 4♦
Duong led out again for 275,000 but saw Malzanini move all-in (total 484,000)!
Duong looked at the board multiple and Malzanini for a good 3 minutes and eventually called.
Malzanini’s hand was legit: J♦ 9♥ for the nuts.
Duong drops to 455,000 while Malzanini is now at 1.85 million, in second place.
First, Malzanini bet 50,000 but Brion re-popped shove. Malzanini folds.
Second, Duong bet 53,000 but Malzanini re-popped to 170,000. Duong folds.
Third, Malzanini bet 70,000 from the small blind and Brion from the big blind folds.
No flops in the last few hands.
Working with shortest stack in the final four, Malzanini is chipping up with wins like below.
Duong opened with 48,000 pre-flop and got the call from Malzanini.
Flop: J♠ 4♦ 9♣
Malzanini check-called Duong’s 63,000 bet.
Turn: 10♥
Malzanini and Duong checked.
River: 10♠
Both checked again.
Malzanini: 4♣ 6♦
Duong: mucks
Malzanini wins the pot.
Malzanini bet 48,000 pre-flop and got a call from Duong to bring the flop 8♠ 4♠ J♠. Both checked to see the turn 7♥ where Duong bet 65,000.
Malzanini called and the river 10♦ was dealt. Both checks, Duong shows Q♠ 8♥ and was a on a flush draw with a mid-pair and Malzanini tabled A♦ 10♥ for the late hit on the river to take down the pot.
Last four contenders’ chip counts as we go to a 15-minute break:
Malzanini – 356K
Brion – 578K
Duong – 1.639M
Tech – 2.702M
In an earlier hand, Sahil Agarwal moved all-in with A♦ 10♣ and got his shove called by Jojo Tech, who had A♣ 6♣.
The dealer boarded A♥ 3♥ 10♦ 4♣ 5♠ and Agarwal doubled up to around 340,000.
A hand or two later, Agarwal shoved pre-flop again; forced Brion to move out of the way but got a call from Duong.
Agarwal: J♠ 10♠
Duong: 10♦ 10♥
Agarwal needed a miracle to survive this one; and didn’t get it after the dealer boarded K♠ 6♦ 7♣ 2♣ 9♠.
Duong is now at 1.5M. Agarwal is out in 5th place in this Main Event taking home a cool $23,300.
Uesegi got lucky in an earlier hand when his A-7 survived against the big slick. The Japanese can’t find that same luck in this next one, his bust-out hand:
Uesugi shoved his final 200,000 or so and got a call from Ha Duong
Uesugi: K♦ 2♦
Duong: K♠ J♣
Dealer flopped Q♠ 3♠ 9♣ and turned J♣ to give Uesugi some hope of surviving via another split. A 10 didn’t come on the river 3♥ however, and another is busted out in the final table.
Uesugi finishes in 6th place for $18,800.
From the button, Brion moved all-in for his final 320,000. Small blinds folds but big blind Agarwal made the call!
Brion: 10♥ 10♠
Agarwal: 8♣ 8♠
Brion needed to avoid any eight to survive and he did after the dealer boarded A♥ 6♣ 7♦ 6♠ 3♣. Brion doubles up to nearly 700,000 while Agarwal dropped to 8♣ 8♠.
Uesugi was all-in pre-flop for his final 170,000 with ace-seven. Julius Malzanini made the call with the big slick.
Flop: Q♣ Q♦ 6♣ and turn 9♣ wasn’t the seven Uesugi needed but the river 9♦ was good enough for the split pot!