Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000-60,000

Naoya Kihara Wins Event no. 34 ($512,029)
Chris DeMaci Eliminated in 2nd Place ($316,308)

Chris DeMaci entered heads-up play on the short stack and was eliminated shortly after it began. Naoya Kihara opened the button and DeMaci called from the big blind.

The flop came AJ2, DeMaci checked, Kihara bet 160,000, DeMaci raised all in for 450,000 and Kihara called the check-raise.

Kihara: KQJ6
DeMaci: 5432

Kihara was ahead on the flop with middle pair against DeMaci’s bottom pair and straight draw. The turn and river were the 6 and the 7, offering no help to Chris DeMaci who was eliminated in 2nd place ($316,308). Naoya Kihara wins Event no. 34, taking home the $512,029 grand prize and the thirty-fourth gold bracelet of the 2012 WSOP.

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Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000-30,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 419

Average Chip Count: 1,571,250

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 2 — Hans Winzeler — 400,000
Seat no. 3 — Daniel Hindin — 1,245,000
Seat no. 4 — Naoya Kihara — 3,300,000
Seat no. 5 — Chris DeMaci — 1,610,000

Players Eliminated:

Davidi Kitai — 5th Place ($92,064)

Live Updates:

Davidi Kitai Eliminated in 5th Place ($92,064)

Davidi Kitai opened the pot for 60,000 from under the gun, Naoya Kihara reraised to 210,000, Kitai four-bet to 660,000 and Kihara called.

The flop came 984, Kihara shoved and Kitai called all in for 645,000.

Kihara: QJ109
Kitai: AAJ10

Kitai was ahead on the flop with an over pair of aces and both players had an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 7, giving both players a straight to the jack while Kihara had a nut straight redraw. The river was the 10, giving Kihara a better straight to the queen to win the pot and eliminate David Kitai in 5th place ($92,064). Kihara secured a big chip lead that hand with about 2.7 million.

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The final table of Event no. 34 ($5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Day 3 began with 11 players spread out over 2 tables, and with the elimination of Scott Bohlman in 7th Place ($46,692), the final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 23 with blinds of 10,000-20,000, and will continue until a winner is determined.

With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up:

Seat no. 1 — Davidi Kitai — 1,681,000
Seat no. 2 — Hans Winzeler — 1,042,000
Seat no. 3 — Daniel Hindin — 723,000
Seat no. 4 — Naoya Kihara — 1,577,000
Seat no. 5 — Chris DeMaci — 612,000
Seat no. 6 — Tommy Le — 638,000

While only 6 remain, this event gathered 419 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,969,300. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $512,029
2nd Place — $316,308
3rd Place — $203,369
4th Place — $134,857
5th Place — $92,064
6th Place — $64,671

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