| Buy-In: | $9,800 + $200 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $2,625,500 |
| Entrants: | 279 |
All things considered, the end came quickly, despite a final table that featured numerous delays and unscheduled breaks.
Kevin Schaffel opened with a raise to 300,000 and Prahlad Friedman reraised to 800,000. Schaffel thought it over for about 30 seconds before moving all in and Friedman went into the tank.
With 2.8 million more, Friedman decided to make the call with A
Q
. Schaffel turned voer KJ
and had live cards to double up.
The dealer rolled over a board of 10324
9 and Schaffel was eliminated. Friedman celebrated in the stands with wife Dee Luong and the rest of his cheering section.
Schaffel clearly didn’t practice avoidance, but was rewarded with $471,670 for his effort. Friedman earned $1,009,000 in victory along with a $25,000 seat to the Bellagio’s WPT Championship in April.
Stay tuned for a complete recap of the final table.
The players are back from their break and the cards are in the air.
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
The final two players are on a break.
Kevin Schaffel limped in on the small blind and Prahlad Friedman checked his option. The flop came out AQ3 and Friedman bet 100,000. Schaffel then moved all in for 1,760,000 and Friedman asked for a count.
After getting the news, Friedman called with J4 for a flush draw. Schaffel showed Q3 for two pair and needed bricks to stay alive.
The turn was the 8 and the river was the 2, giving Schaffel the double up.
Prahlad Friedman — 4,555,000
Kevin Schaffel — 3,900,000
Interestingly, Todd Terry was eliminated in the last hand of the level, so we will be moving into level 26 for the heads-up match. The blinds will be 50,000-100,000 with a 20,000 ante.
Here are the chip counts heading into heads-up play:
Prahlad Friedman — 6,605,000
Kevin Schaffel — 1,850,000
Prahlad Friedman raised in the small blind to 200,000 and Todd Terry moved all in from the big blind for the rest of his stack. Friedman quickly called with the AQ and Terry was racing with pocket fours.
The board came QJ6KK and Terry was eliminated in third place. After the hand, Prahlad pushed his stack to nearly 7 million.
The final three players are back from break and the blinds are still in level 24.
The players are on a 10-minute break.
Prahlad Friedman raised to 200,000 under the gun preflop and Toto Leonidas made the call from the button. The flop was dealt K62 and Friedman bet 350,000. Leonidas thought for a moment and then moved all in for 1,390,000. Friedman made the call and they flipped up their cards:
Friedman: AK
Leonidas: A9
Turn and River: J2
Leonidas was eliminated on the hand in fourth place and he will take home $144,600 in prize money. Friedman grew his chip stack to 4,445,000 and took the chip lead.
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