Hand #138: Heads-up play started with a raise from Steven Norden and he won the big blind.
Hand #139: Dutch Boyd raised to 120,000 and got a call from Norden. On the flop, Norden check-folded when Boyd made it 120,000 to go.
Hand #140: Boyd received a walk.
Hand #141: Boyd made it 120,000 to go and Norden called. Both players saw the flop and Norden checked. Once again, Boyd took it down with a bet of 120,000.
Hand #142: Boyd received the second walk in the first five hands; he also won all hands in heads-up so far.
Hand #143: Dutch Boyd folded and Steven Norden got a walk.
Hand #144: Norden raised to 145,000 and Boyd called. The flop was . They both checked and the turn was the . The duo checked again to the river. Boyd checked and Norden bet 145,000. Boyd folded.
Hand #145: Boyd raised it to 120,000 and Norden folded.
Hand #146: Norden opened for 120,000 and Boyd called. The flop was . Boyd checked and Norden bet 95,000. Boyd raised to 295,000 and Norden folded.
Hand #147: Boyd opened for 120,000 and Norden called. The flop was . Norden checked and Boyd checked. The turn card was the and Norden bet 200,000, which Boyd called. The river was the . Norden checked and Boyd bet 200,000. Norden called. Boyd showed and won the pot.
Hand #148: Steven Norden raised to 120,000 and Dutch Boyd called. On the flop both players checked and Boyd won the hand with a bet of 120,000 after the appeared on the turn.
Hand #149: Boyd mucked his cards and Norden received a walk.
Hand #150: Norden limped from the small blind and Boyd checked his option. Both players checked the flop and the turn. Boyd then took it down with a bet of 60,000 on the river.
Hand #151: Norden got another walk.
Hand #152: Norden mucked his cards preflop and Boyd received a walk.
The third and final day of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event #33 of the 2014 World Series of Poker saw 10 players return to the ESPN feature stage. Will Givens was leading the field as only player with more than one million in chips.
The elimination of Gabriel Nassif in 8th place took place under spectacular circumstances after both the Frenchman and Vinny Pahuja hit a full house on a roller coaster board.
Pahuja himself would be the next to hit the rail in seventh place after moving all in with and Boyd looked him up with in hand #41.
Only two hands later, Sensoli called all in with only to see Cogliano connect with the board while holding .
Start-of-the-day chip leader Givens bowed out 90 minutes later in hand #83 after previously losing a big pot to Cogliano. He got it in good against the very same opponent with versus but the appeared on the flop to send him off in fourth place.
No further elimination took place until the dinner break and the very first hand back at the table, Cogliano three-bet shoved with . Boyd made the call with and held up to enter heads-up play as chip-leader.
The heads-up battle itself was very one-sided and only lasted 16 hands. Steven Norden, who quadrupled his career earnings with the 2nd place finish, tried to bluff on the river with for king high. Boyd made the call with for top pair to let his rail erupt in cheer.
Final result:
Position
Player
Payout
1
Dutch Boyd
$288,744
2
Steven Norden
$178,490
3
Paul Cogliano
$117,464
4
Will Givens
$84,680
5
Pok Kim
$61,983
6
Christopher Sensoli
$46,031
7
Vinny Pahuja
$34,668
8
Gabriel Nassif
$26,464
9
Chad Dixon
$20,463
The PokerNews live reporting of Event #33 concludes, but please make sure to tune back into the live updates when further champions will be crowned in the next few days and weeks as we are half-way through the 2014 World Series of Poker.