Jeff Forrest raised to 200,000 preflop and Dave Inselberg made the call. The flop fell 9 8 5 and Inselberg checked. Forrest bet 250,000 and Inselberg reraised to 600,000. Forrest reraised all in and Inselberg made the all-in call. Their cards:

Forrest: Q Q
Inselberg: 9 6

Turn and River: Q and A

Inselberg was eliminated in second place on the hand and he will take home $325,608 in prize money. That makes Forrest the champion of the event and the recipient of $548,752 in prize money, a WPT bracelet, and a buy-in for the $25,0000 WPT Championship.

Inselberg: 5,335,000
Marchese: 1,980,000

Jeff Forrest raised to 275,000 and Thomas Marchese reraised all in. Forrest made the call. Their cards:

Marchese: A K
Forrest: K 6

Board: J 8 6 Q 2

Marchese was eliminated in third place and he will take home $211,759 in prize money. He has also grabbed the lead in the Card Player Player of the Year race over Dwyte Pilgrim with his deep run in this tournament.

The poker gods don’t want this final table to make any forward progress it appears. Here is the most recent all-in hand.

Thomas Marchese got it all in against Jeff Forrest preflop. Their cards:

Marchese: K 9
Forrest: K 8

Board: Q 9 6 10 J

The jack on the river locked in the chopped pot with both players making a straight.

The blinds are now 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante for the start of level 29.