Under 1,000 Players Left in the Main Event

"Limp in is ok," said Max Pescatori, as Romain Arki raised to 12,000 from the button. Pescatori called in the small blind, as did Dana Kellstrom in the big blind.

The flop came and Pescatori bet 12,000. Kellstrom folded and Arki called. The turn was the and both players checked.

"Wow, would you look at that," remarked tablemate Gavin Smith, as the tournament clock updated the number of players to 999, "When this thing started did you really believe you would make it to the final 1,000 players?"

"No," said a tablemate, "I expected to bubble!"

The whole table laughed.

"Congratu-f***ing-lations everybody," said Smith.

Meanwhile, Pescatori had bet around 25,000 on the river and Arki called. Pescatori mucked and Arki showed to win with a pair of aces.