Duane Felix made a big raise by moving all in with , but he ran into the of John Hunt in the big blind. The board ran out and Felix was eliminated in fifth place, collecting $131,184.
Taylor Douglas opened with a raise holding pocket deuces, and Duane Felix called with pocket nines. Leandro Pimentel moved all in with and after Douglas folded, Felix went into the tank. He counted out the chips he needed to make the call, thought about it some more, and finally mucked his cards.
Low on chips, Pimentel started moving in nearly every hand, and after pushing with John Hurt called from the big blind with . Hurt hit a pair on the flop, but when the board paired with the on the turn it gave Pimentel some extra outs. And that's what save Leandro -- the on the river counterfeited Hurt's pair and Pimentel's jack played.
Now the short stack at the table, Leandro Pimentel moved all in with and Taylor Douglas called with . The flop was a good one for Pimentel, though the on the turn gave Douglas an open-ended straight draw. But the fell on the river and Pimentel doubled to 600K.
After John Hunt raised from the small blind, Cort Kibler-Melby decided to take his stand in the big blind with . Hunt called and turned over pocket nines, and the board did not save Kibler-Melby. He finishes in sixth place and takes home $96,775.
After Leandro Pimentel raised with Chandrasekhar Billavara decided to just call with in the big blind, even though that left him with practically no chips behind. The flop came and seeing that king on the flop got Billavara so excited he moved all in out of turn. Pimentel made the crying call and the and did not improve his hand.
Felix has been very quiet at today's final table, winning the blinds and antes twice in the only hands he contested. So when he moved all-in under the gun the other players quickly got out of his way. But Taylor Douglas had in the big blind, and even though he didn't look happy about it he made the call. Felix turned over and that hand held up to double his stack to 1,350,000. Douglas fell to 4 million.
After Leandro Pimentel raised with pocket eights, Chandrasekhar Billavara looked down at and tried to decide what to do. "I'm calling if you move in," Pimentel said, and after giving it about a minute's thought Billavara did just that. And then Pimentel thought things through for a minute...and decided to fold.