Action folded around to “FenixDeNoche”, who moved all in for their final three million in chips. Chip leader "isGriffAble" was in the big blind, and they made the call with pocket sixes. “FenixDeNoche”, had two live cards with , but the hand was all but over after the flop. Another six on the turn gave "isGriffAble" quad sixes, and the second knockout of the final table.
"s3animac" moved all in for for their final 2,200,000, and "TheOG_travi425" called. In the big blind, "22EPL" moved all in for over 12 million.
"TheOG_travi425" folded, and "22EPL" showed two black kings, and they were dominating the two black fives of "s3animac." The board came down , and the kings held to get play down to eight players.
"22EPL" made it 770,000 to go, and short stack "FenixDeNoche" moved all in for just over 2,700,000. Action folded back to "22EPL", who called with . "FenixDeNoche" was in good shape to double up with Ace-Queen, and their hand would hold on a runout of to secure the double up.
On the first hand of the final table, "isGriffAble" cracked aces on the river to double up into the chip lead. Here's how it happened.
"isGriffAble" opened the action with a raise to 775,000. "22EPL" reraised to 2,362,500 on the button, and "isGriffAble" called to see the flop come down . "isGriffAble" checked to "22EPL", who fired 1,881,000. "isGriffAble" went for it all, moving all in for over 10 million, and "22EPL" made a big call with .
"isGriffAble" showed for a pair and flush draw, but a five on the turn took away a few outs. However, the on the river gave "isGriffAble" a flush, and likely the biggest pot of the tournament so far, over 27 million in chips.
"isGriffAble" raised to 822,000 on the button, and "dubbadell" defended his big blind. The flop came down , and after "dubbadell" checked, "isGriffAble" moved all in for the five million effective in "dubbadell"'s stack.
"dubbadell" was happy to call with , and "isGriffAble" was almost drawing dead with Ace-Queen. A three on the turn sealed the hand, giving "dubbadell" a big and rather painless double up.
Action folded to recently crowned chip leader "kingboss93", and they made it 1,200,00 to go. This was about the stack of "TheSwagWagoon", who called all in from the big blind with . "kingboss93" was leading with , and their lead increased on the flop of . "TheSwagWagoon" needed a queen or nine now, but the board finished out and .
"kingboss93" is up to over 20 million in chips now.
A raise from "isGriffAble" was called from "kingboss93" and "pittchick412", and the flop came down . Action checked to "kingboss93", who fired 1,800,000. "pittchick412" moved all in for just under 4,600,000, and "kingboss93" called with . He was in great shape for the knockout, as "pittchick412" was out kicked with , and the king held through on the turn and river.