Level 19 marks the end of late registration. In total, there were 98 unique entrants and 182 entries overall. The final prize pool stands at $1,820,000. Of the 56 remaining players, 26 will cash for at least $18,238. First place is a handsome $397,264.51
Andreas Christoforou opened to 15,400 from early position and action folded to Aleks Ponakovs on the button, who shoved for his remaining 94,800. Action folded back to Christoforou, who made the call.
Christoforou:
Ponakovs:
Ponakovs was in trouble heading into the flop, which came , pairing him and putting him into the lead.
The changed nothing, but the river paired Christoforou's queen and eliminated Ponakovs.
Action folded to the button, where Mikita Badziakouski opened for 14,000. Joao Vieira 3-bet shipped his stack from the small blind, which was enough to put Badziakouski at risk for his last 196,922. Aleksejs Ponakovs folded from the big and Badziakouski called.
Badziakouski:
Vieira:
It turned out to be an ill-timed shove from Vieira, who received no help on the runout and was forced to double Badziakouski up.
Shawn Daniels opened to 13,000 first to act and action folded around to a short-stacked "MarathonOG", who went all-in for their 31,128 from the small blind. Isaac Haxton used up some of his timebank in the big blind and re-raised to 49,256. Daniels responded by shoving for 584,276. Haxton had him covered and made the call.
Haxton:
Daniels:
"MarathonOG":
All three players held an ace, with Daniels in the lead (having both his opponents dominated).
The flop put "MarathonOG" in the lead with a pair of tens, but the turn gave Haxton outs to a flush.
The river completed the board with a in dramatic fashion — giving Haxton the flush and awarding him the enormous pot.