Level 38
: 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Hand #42: Alex Livingston opened to 2,800,000 on the button and Hossein Ensan three-bet to 8,500,000. Livingston quickly folded and Ensan scooped the pot.
Hand #43: Zhen Cai made it 2,600,000 to go from under the gun and Kevin Maahs jammed all in from the big blind for 33,200,000. Cai folded and Maahs raked in the pot.
Hand #44: Ensan raised to 2,800,000 from the cutoff, picking up a call from Cai in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Cai checked over to Ensan, who tossed in a continuation bet of 3,000,000. Cai called and the 
followed on the turn.
Once Cai checked the second street in a row, Ensan fired a bet of 7,000,000 and that forced a fold from Cai.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,300,000
12,800,000
|
12,800,000 |
|
||
|
169,700,000 | |
|
50,000,000
-2,800,000
|
-2,800,000 |
|
||
|
37,000,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
28,900,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,900,000
-9,600,000
|
-9,600,000 |
flop and Cai bet 5.5 million. Only Gates continued to the 
turn. Cai downbet to 4.3 million and Gates stuck around for the 
river. 
for the win.
and after about 90 seconds Cai shoved for 28,100,000. After about two minutes, Maahs folded.
, no help to Marchington, ending his Main Event in seventh place for $1,525,000.
flop, Livingston check-called a bet of 1,200,000 and the 
followed on the turn. Both players checked the 
river and Livingston won the pot with the 
.
turn was checked by him once more, this time Gates checked back.
river, both checked once more and Ensan tabled the 
for a pair of deuces. Gates had that beat with 
and his rail started chants as Gates reduced the gap to Ensan at the top of the counts to 22 big blinds.