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David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
Randall opens to 150,000 with the button, Simon Watt re-raises to 405,000 from the small blind and Tom Dwan folds from the big blind. Randall tanks for a very long time before four-betting to 900,000 and Watt puts in a fifth bet moving all in.
Randall snap-mucks and Watt takes down a huge pot preflop taking him to 3,700,000 chips.
Tom Dwan has the button in Seat 4.
He folds, and the blinds take a cheap flop heads up.
It comes 
, and the action check-checks. It repeats on the 
turn, and again on the 
river. David Randall shows 
to take the blinds and antes with ace high.
Simon Watt has the button in Seat 9.
Watt folds his button, Tom Dwan completes from the small blind and David Randall checks his option.
Both players check the 
flop and Dwan leads for 85,000 after the 
turns. Randall folds and Dwan rakes in the pot.
David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
He makes it 150,000 to skate, and Tom Dwan calls from the big blind after shooting a bit of a sideways look at his neighbor.
The flop comes 
, and Dwan taps the table once. Randall cuts out 225,000 and puts them out in front of the invisible betting line, and he has to endure a long, unblinking stare from Dwan. "Durrrr" finally glances down at his chips and elects to make the call.
Turn: 
That draws another Dwan check and Randall checks behind this time.
The river comes the , and Dwan slowly stacks out betting chips. He takes several long minutes to settle on 385,000. After another minute or so, Randall makes the call.
Dwan shows up 
, and that's good. Randall's cards go into the muck, Jon Aguiar yells, "Oh my goodness!" from the bleachers, and Dwan stacks the pot.
He's up to 2.43 million.
Here are the current chip counts:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,850,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
3,200,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
|
1,650,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
||
Tom Dwan has the button in Seat 4.
Dwan opens to 140,000 with the button and David Randall three-bets to 420,000 from the small blind. Simon Watt surrenders his big blind and Dwan folds.
Simon Watt has the button in Seat 9.
He raises to 150,000, and Tom Dwan moves all in from the small blind for the second time in four hands (and it looked like he wanted to during the last hand too). His opponents folded, and Dwan has picked up another couple hundred thousand chips.
David Randall has the button in Seat 8.
Randall opens to 165,000, Simon Watt folds his small blind and Tom Dwan defends from the big blind.
Both players check the 
flop, and Dwan checks again after the turns. Randall bets 225,000 and Dwan releases.
Tom Dwan has the button in Seat 4.
Dwan folds his button, David Randall opens from the small blind and Simon Watt gives up his big blind.
Simon Watt has the button in Seat 9.
He folds, and Tom Dwan moves all in for 780,000 from the small blind. In the big, David Randall quickly makes the call to put Dwan at risk for possibly the first time in this entire tournament.
Showdown
Dwan: 
Randall: 
The tension builds as the entire arena is on their feet to sweat this board.
Flop: 
, followed quickly by a nervous but rowdy cheer sweeping through the featured table area as Dwan pulls into the lead.
Turn: 
!
An enormous rumble of applause and shouting fills the entire room from end to end, and dozens of players from the other events come sprinting to our corner of the room to see what the commotion is all about.
Dwan locks up the double when the 
hits the river, and he's back in this thing with more than 1.5 million chips.
