The payouts have just been announced by tournament director Bill Bruce, and this event drew a total of 684 entries. The total prize pool is $1,542,420 and 63 places will get paid. The first payout level is $5,553 and the eventual winner will walk away with $347,052.
Ryan Laplante has been knocked out, as he Tweeted about his elimination hand. Laplante got ace-queen all in before the flop against ace-eight, after which the flop brought .
Laplante was trailing, but the turn brought a to put him back in front.
The river however was another and that gave his opponent the pot worth 105,000, or 65 big blinds as Laplante stated it.
The player under the gun raised to 4,500 and Nick Rampone made it 20,000 from his immediate left with just 4,000 chis left behind. The action folded to Cord Garcia on the button and he made it 100,000 to put all remaining players left to act all in.
Both blinds folded, and the initial raiser tanked for a long time before folding, and Rampone called all in.
"It's a classic race!" Rampone smiled, as the showdown went as following.
Rampone:
Garcia:
The flop brought , and Rampone mentioned, "It's not a classic race anymore," before the turn, the , and the river, the , sealed his fate in this event.
After a raise to 4,000 and a call from Andrew St. John in position, action folded to Esther Taylor-Brady in the big blind. She reraised to 16,000, and the original opener folded. St. Jean moved all in for around 80,000-90,000, and Taylor-Brady called.
Taylor-Brady had the , and she was ahead of St. Jean's .
The board kept the kings in front for Taylor-Brady, and she busted St. Jean to move over 300,000 in chips.
Play folded to chip leader Pedro Oliveira in the hijack seat, and he opened with a raise to 3,200. World Poker Tour champion Brian Altman reraised from the cutoff seat to 8,200, and action folded back to the big stack. Oliveira called, and the two saw a flop of . Both checked.
The turn was the , and Oliveira check-called a delayed continuation bet of 6,600 from Altman to see the land on the river. Oliveira checked, Altman bet 16,000, and Oliveira called.
Altman showed the for a bluff, and Oliveira tabled the for the winning ace high.
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