Hand 94: Van Tran opened to in the small blind to 120,000 and was met with a three-bet by Barny Boatman in the big blind. Tran almost immediately moved all in and Boatman folded.
Hand 95: Boatman opened to 120,000 from the button and both blinds called., meaning it was three-handed to the flop. All three players checked and the dealer put the onto the turn. O'Donoghue led for 210,000 and only Boatman called. Both players checked the turn, Boatman winning with the , beating O'Donoghue's .
Hand 96: Tran completed the small blind and Boatman checked. Tran then check-folded to a 60,000 bet on the flop.
Hand 97: Tran has just been left with dust after losing an all-in pot against O'Donoghue. Tran opened to 120,000, O'Donoghue three-bet to 300,000 and then called when Tran moved all in.
Tran:
O'Donoghue:
The board ran out and O'Donoghue doubled through Tran, leaving Tran with only 200,000 chips.
Hand 88: Van Tran opened to 150,000 on the button and both of his opponents folded.
Hand 89: Tran received a walk in the big blind. That's three consecutive pots that he has won.
Hand 90: Brian O'Donoghue opened to 120,000 from the button, Tran folded but Barny Boatman had other ideas. Boatman three-bet to 400,000 and it was enough to take down the pot, much to the delight of his army of fans on the rail.
"He's an animal!" one of those railbirds shouted as Boatman stacked his chips.
Hand 91: Boatman made it 209,000 to play from the small blind and it won him the blinds and antes.
Hand 92: O'Donoghue raised to 150,000 from the small blind and Tran quickly folded.
Hand 93: O'Donoghue had the button and he raised to 120,000 from it. It was enough to fold out both opponents and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand 83: Barny Boatman opened to 120,000 from the button and Brian O'Donoghue three-bet to 325,000 from the small blind. Van Tran folded and Boatman four-bet to 925,000 and the pot started to become huge. O'Donoghue went into the tank for almost two minutes before folding his hand.
Hand 84: Boatman gets a walk in the big blind and Boatman showed the as he mucked.
Hand 85: O'Donoghue received a walk in the big blind.
Hand 86: O'Donoghue completed the small blind and Tran checked. The flop came down and O'Donoghue led for 75,000 and tran called. That was the last of the betting a both players checked the turn and river. O'Donoghue showed and lost to the of Tran.
Hand 87: Tran was first to act in the small blind and he moved all in. Boatman folded and Tran won the blinds and antes.
Hand #80: Barny Boatman made it 100,000 from the button and Brian O'Donoghue reraised to 300,000 from the big blind. Boatman made the call, and called another 400,000 on . Both players checked the on the turn and on the river. Boatman mucked when O'Donoghue showed his ace-king.
Hand #81: Barny Boatman got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #82: Brian O'Donoghue got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #79: In one of the biggest pots of the tournament Barny Boatman just doubled up through, till that moment commanding, chip leader Brian O'Donoghue.
Barny Boatman limped in from the small blind but the action would soon explode. Brian O'Donoghue in the big blind made it 150,000 and then it began: Boatman made it 375,000 and O'Donoghue bumped it up to 700,000. Now Boatman made the call and the flop appeared: .
Boatman bet out 400,000 and O'Donoghue raised (again), now to 800,000. Boatman pushed all in for 2.1 million and O'Donoghue made the call. Boatman showed his flopped set with and O'Donoghue frustratedly tabled his . O'Donoghue needed a king but wouldn't get it: on the turn and on the river. Barny Boatman is now the big stack three handed.
Hand #77: From the small blind Brian O'Donoghue made it 125,000 and Van Tran called from the big blind. O'Donoghue bet 160,000 on and Tran called. Both checked on the on the turn and the appeared on the river. Brian O'Donoghue bet 225,000 but folded to Van Tran's push all in.
Hand #78: Brian O'Donoghue made it 100,000 on the button and Barny Boatman made the call from the big blind. Both checked on and O'Donoghue bet out 125,000 on the on the turn. Boatman made the call but he folded as O'Donoghue bet another 300,000 on the on the river.
Hand #76: Taras Kripps pushed all in for 875,000 from the small blind and Brian O'Donoghue made the call out of the big blind. Kripps showed while O'Donoghue had found a good hand with .
The on the flop didn't do anything for Kripps but the on the turn did. Kripps needed to avoid a queen or ace now but didn't succeed in that mission: on the river. O'Donoghue had made a straight and eliminated Kripps that way.
The remaining three players are guaranteed $239,339.
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onto the turn. O'Donoghue led for 210,000 and only Boatman called. Both players checked the 
turn, Boatman winning with the 
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flop.
and O'Donoghue doubled through Tran, leaving Tran with only 200,000 chips.
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of Tran.
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on the river. Boatman mucked when O'Donoghue showed his ace-king.
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. O'Donoghue needed a king but wouldn't get it: 
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on the river. Barny Boatman is now the big stack three handed.
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