Matros Takes The Title ($189,870)

After a back and forth heads up match, a short-stacked Ahmad Abghari bet on a flop of Q44 and Matt Matros raised. Abghari bet again on the 3 turn and Matros again raised, with Abghari re-raising to put his few remaining chips all in. Matros called and flipped over Q8 for two pair, while Abghari showed A10, needing an ace on the river to stay alive. It wasn’t to be, as the 8 hit and Matros took the title down, along with $189,870 and his first ever WSOP bracelet.

Abghari’s runner up performance earned him $117,272.

Following the dinner break, chips started flying around and the final table lost some players.

Truijers Falls in 8th Place ($18,385)

Roberto Truijers was short on chips and raised all in from the big blind preflop. He was called from Jameson Painter and Ahmad Abghari. The two callers checked the entire board of 4K10K3 and showed down. Their hands:

Truijers: AQ
Abghari: 66
Painter: Muck

Truijers was eliminated in 8th place, as Abghari took it down with two pair, increasing his stack to 325,000.

Painter Finishes in 7th Place ($24,198)

On a flop of 98K Matt Matros bet and Jameson Painter raised. Painter was all in holding AQ and had been outdrawn by Matros’ A8.

The 3 turn and 5 were meaningless and Painter hit the rail in 7th Place. The pot boosted Matros to second in chips with 550,000.

Jason Potter Next to Go, in 6h Place ($32,281)

Jason Potter got all in with his last few chips, holding AJ. His opponent Georgios Kapalas was holding 99 and the race was on. The board ran 1041028.

Potter missed his outs and was knocked out in 6th place.

Dresel-Velasquez Busts in 5th Place ($43,647)

Adrian Dresel-Velasquez got his short stack all in preflop and got three callers. The entire board was checked down, reading 26810Q. Their hands:

Dresel-Velasquez: 67
Kapalas: A4
Matros: A3
Abghari: KQ

Abghari hit a pair of queens on the river and with that Dresel-Velasquez was gone in 5th Place.

Players Remaining: 8 out of 625

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Terrence Chan — 839,000
2. Adrian Dresel-velasquez — 375,000
3. Ahmad Abghari — 360,000
4. Jameson Painter — 303,000
5. Georgios Kapalas — 278,000
6. Roberto Truijers — 275,000
7. Matt Matros — 250,000
8. Jason Potter — 130,000

Burford Gone In 9th Place ($14,149)

A short-stacked Mark Burford raised and faced a re-raise from Georgios Kapalas. With nearly half of his remaining stack already in the pot, Burford re-raised his last 3,000 in and saw what appeared to be good news when Kapalas called.

Kapalas held A4 and was trailing Burford’s AK.

The flop made it interesting, coming 25Q. The 6 turn didn’t help, but the river was disgusting for Murford. The 3 hit, giving Kapalas a straight and eliminating Burford in 9th place.

The final day will begin soon for Event No. 12 ($1,500 limit hold’em).

A total of 13 players remain out of the 625 that began the tournament.

Notables still remaining include Terrence Chan, Jason Potter, Ben Lamb, Frank Kassela and Matt Matros. They will fight it out today for the $189,870 first place prize.

Play will begin at 3:00 p.m. PST.

Stay tuned to Card Player for the action from the Rio!

Here is a look at the chip counts.

Jameson Painter – 307,000
Terrence Chan – 288,000
Ahmad Abghari – 302,000
Jason Potter – 371,000
Ben Lamb – 31,000
Mark Burford – 53,000
Kirk Banks – 264,000
Adrian Dresel-velasquez – 240,000
Roberto Truijers – 141,000
Georgios Kapalas – 306,000
Dean Tran – 82,000
Frank Kassela -162,000
Matthew Matros – 272,000