Hand #77: Taylor opened for 80,000 from under the gun, Polychronopoulos three-bet to 190,000, and Taylor tossed his cards away.
Hand #78: Mutke raised his button to 80,000, and the blinds surrendered.
Hand #79: Mutke opened for 80,000 in the cutoff, and again took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #80: Kurth raised to 90,000 from the cutoff, Carlton defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned a flop of across the felt. Both players tapped the table, and the made an appearance on the turn. Two more checks brought us to the river, which came , and both players checked it down once more. Carlton's pair of kings were beat by Kurth's pair of aces on the turn, and the short stack became a bit healthier.
Hand #81: Cada received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #82: Polychronopoulos raised from the cutoff, making it 90,000 to play, and Mutke pumped it up to 250,000 from the big blind, which was good enough to force the fold.
Joe Cada Has Played Patiently, and He Finally Found a Double Here at the Final Table
Hand #73: Cada opened for 80,000 from the hijack, Polychronopoulos three-bet for 265,000 from the big blind, and Cada moved all-in for his last 825,000. Polychronopoulos snap-called and revealed his , but found himself way behind the tabled by Cada. The final board ran out , and Cada's queens gave him the double.
Hand #74: Flush with chips from his win in the last hand, Cada opened for 80,000 under the gun, and the table folded to the champ.
Hand #75: Polychronopoulos raised to 90,000 on his button, Cada called to defend his big blind, and the flop fell . Cada checked, Polychronopoulos bet 125,000, and Cada called to see the turn come . Both players checked the deuce, as well as the on the river, and Cada's for ace-high was good enough.
Hand #76: Taylor opened for 90,000 in the hijack, and the action folded around to Mutke in the big blind, but he decided to release.
Hand #68: Looking to get in on the action after an uneventful final table thus far, Joe Cada raised to 80,000 from under the gun, but he was forced to muck when Athanasios Polychronopoulos three-bet to 240,000 out of the small blind.
Hand #69: Taylor took down the blinds and antes with a raise to 85,000 from the cutoff.
Hand #70: Cada raised from the small blind, taking down Mutke's big blind and some ante chips to boot.
Hand #71: Carlton raised from the cutoff, and as has been the pattern here tonight, a single preflop raise was enough to fold the table.
Hand #72: Under the gun and first to act, Polychronopoulos opened for 90,000. Both Carlton (hijack) and Taylor (big blind) came along, and the flop came . Taylor checked, as did Polychronopoulos, and Carlton bet 130,000. After Polychronopoulos got out of the way, Taylor called to see the , and both players checked the paint. On the river, Taylor led out for 180,000, and that was enough to earn the win.
Hand #65: Mutke raised his button to 80,000, taking a pot chocked full of blinds and antes.
Hand #66: Cada opened for 80,000 in the hijack, and the blinds surrendered.
Hand #67: Ward moved all-in from the cutoff, risking his last 290,000 with , and Taylor quickly called from the small blind with his . Ward was in bad shape, and the flop of only put him in a deeper hole. The provided a brief glimmer of hope, and he would need to spike one of the three queens left in the deck to survive.
River:
With that, Ward was sent to the payout desk, and his stack was sent to Taylor.
Hand #59: Polychronopoulos limped in from under the gun, Kurth completed from the small blind, and Taylor checked his option. When the flop came , Kurth moved all-in, and his power play took the pot down.
Hand #60: Taylor opened for 100,000 from the small blind, Polychronopoulos defended his big blind with a reraise to 240,000, and this bet was enough to fold Taylor.
Hand #61: Kurth opened for the minimum raise of 80,000 in the cutoff, and Polychronopoulos used his big stack to his advantage, three-betting to 250,000 and forcing Kurth to muck.
Hand #62: The action folded around to Carlton in the small blind, who raised to 90,000 and claimed the blinds and antes without a contest.
Hand #63: Carlton saw the table fold around to him, and holding the button, he decided to limp in. Cada completed from the small blind, and Mutke pounced on the apparent weakness by raising the bet to 125,000. Carlton's limp was deceptive, however, and he pumped it up to 265,000, a bet that forced Mutke to release.
Hand #64: Polychronopoulos raised to 90,000 from the hijack, and Mutke pulled his small blind back in favor of a larger bet, making it 240,000 to play. Polychronopoulos was undeterred, however, and he moved all-in over the top, dropping Mutke and taking down another pot.
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across the felt. Both players tapped the table, and the 
made an appearance on the turn. Two more checks brought us to the river, which came 
, and both players checked it down once more. Carlton's pair of kings were beat by Kurth's pair of aces on the turn, and the short stack became a bit healthier.
, but found himself way behind the 
tabled by Cada. The final board ran out 
, and Cada's queens gave him the double.
. Both players checked the deuce, as well as the 
on the river, and Cada's 
for ace-high was good enough.
river, Taylor led out for 180,000, and that was enough to earn the win.
, and Taylor quickly called from the small blind with his 
provided a brief glimmer of hope, and he would need to spike one of the three queens left in the deck to survive.
