Stephen Su Eliminated in 2nd Place ($123,925)

Stephen Su started the day as the chip leader, but Rep Porter quckly stole the lead early in the match after raking a big pot with a nine-low after Su double-paired on seventh street. Porter extended his lead after taking down another big pot with a nine-low against Su’s ten-low. Porter took a 2:1 chip lead that hand with roughly 1.8 million to Su’s 900,000.

Porter continued to extend his lead and eventually Su was whittled down to his last few bets before getting it all in on third street with an A against porter’s 8.

Su: 3 – 2 – A – 4 – 10 – K – Q
Porter: 9 – 6 – 8 – 8 – 2 – Q – 4

Su had the nut low draw on fourth street but only managed to make a ten-low by the river while Porter drew out to a nine-low to win the pot. Stephen Su was eliminated in 2nd place ($123,925) and it was Rep Porter that won the gold bracelet in Event #44 and the $200,459 grand prize.

NOTE: Play has ended for the night in accordance with the ten-level rule. The final two players will return at 3:00pm and continue until a winner is determined.

Ante: 10,000
Low Card: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Players Remaining: 2 out of 363

Average Chip Count: 1,361,250

Chip Counts:

1. Stephen Su – 1,655,000
2. Rep Porter – 1,080,000

Eliminations:

3rd. Tommy Chen – $83,895

Tommy Chen Eliminated in 3rd Place ($83,895)

Tommy Chen got it all in on third street with an A and Stephen Su called with an 8.

Chen: 8 – 7 – A – 10 – 9 – 10 – 10
Su: A – 5 – 8 – Q – 9 – 4 – J

Su made a nine-low on sixth street while Chen paired tens. Still with a live draw, Tommy Chen tripped up on the river and was eliminated in 3rd place ($83,895).

NOTE: With the elimination of Tommy Chen in 3rd place, Stephen Su took the chip lead going into heads-up play with 1,800,000 to Rep Porter’s 950,000.

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Ante: 5,000
Low Card: 5,000
Completion: 20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 363

Average Chip Count: 680,625

Chip Counts:

1. Tommy Chen – 1,830,000
2. Robert Williamson III – 400,000
3. Stephen Su – 260,000
4. Rep Porter – 230,000

Eliminations:

5th. Andreas Krause – $44,693
6th. Chris Bjorin – $33,338

Chris Bjorin Eliminated in 6th Place ($33,338)

Chris Bjorin completed the bet with a 5 on third street and Rep Porter called with a 9.

Bjorin: 8 – 6 – 5 – K – 4 – Q – Q
Porter: A – 2 – 9 – 5 – 8 – J – 3

Porter bet on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and Bjorin called all in on sixth street. Porter made a nine-low on fifth street and improved his hand to an eight-low on the river while Bjorin bricked and was eliminated in 6th place ($33,338).

Andreas Krause Eliminated in 5th Place ($44,693)

Andreas Krause was all in on third street with a 10 against Tommy Chen’s 8.

Krause: 2 – 5 – 10 – Q – J – 6 – 10
Chen: A – 5 – 8 – 10 – 4 – K – 3

Chen made an eight-low on the river to win the pot and Andreas Krause was eliminated in 5th place ($44,693).

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NOTE: Play resumed today at 3:00pm with 23 players, and with the elimination of Gerard Rechnitzer in 9th place ($15,079), the official eight-handed final table is now underway.

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 365

Average Chip Count: 342,187

Chip Counts:

1. Tommy Chen – 773,000
2. Robert Williamson III – 488,000
3. Andreas Krause – 385,000
4. Matt Smith – 335,000
5. Stephen Su – 312,000
6. Chris Bjorin – 169,000
7. Rep Porter – 162,000
8. Scott Epstein – 119,000

Payouts:

1st. $210,615
2nd. $130,075
3rd. $83,895
4th. $60,788
5th. $44,693
6th. $33,338
7th. $25,228
8th. $19,364

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