Level: 31

Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante

Players Remaining: 1 out of 1,072

Players Eliminated:

2nd: Niall Farrell – $366,815

Live Updates:

Sandeep Pulusani Doubles Up Three Times

First Sandeep Pulusani doubled up with Q2 against the A7 of Niall Farrell on a board that brought four diamonds. The higher flush gave Pulusani 1.5 million chips and he was on his way.

A while later he was all in with A-2 against the K-Q of Farrell. The board brought 9-7-5-5-J and Pulusani won with king-high to take the chip lead with 5.2 million.

Farrell would pull back ahead again, but the stacks were about even the next time all of the chips went into the middle. Pulusani had pocket sixes and Farrell held A4. The rainbow board came 8-3-2-J-J; and two pair – jacks and sixes – gave Pulusani a massive stack of 8 million, while Farrell was left with just 1.6 million.

Sandeep Pulusani Wins Event No. 44 ($592,684) — Niall Farrell Eliminated in Second Place ($366,815)

Sandeep Pulusani raised to 200,000 preflop and Niall Farrell reraised all in. Pulusani called and the two final players tabled their hands one last time.

Pulusani: A3
Farrell: A2

Board: 7539A

Pulusani found a three on the flop and it was good enough for him to win the pot and the tournament. Farrell was eliminated in second place and took home $366,815 in prize money. Pulusani was awarded a gold bracelet and the top prize worth $592,684.

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Level: 28

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 4 out of 1,072

Average Chip Count: 2,412,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 3: Niall Farrell – 6,300,000
Seat 7: Martin Hanowski – 545,000
Seat 8: Michael Rocco – 1,700,000
Seat 9: Sandeep Pulusani – 1,150,000

Players Eliminated:

5th: Zo Karim – $122,974

Live Updates:

Zo Karim Eliminated in Fifth Place ($122,974)

Zo Karim raised all in on the button and Martin Hanowski called on the small blind. The two players then tabled their hands.

Hanowski: AJ
Karim: KQ

Board: Q85A3

Karim was eliminated in fifth place and Hanowski grew his stack to 3.3 million thanks to a pair of aces.

Niall Farrell Doubles Up to Take a Huge Chip Lead

Sandeep Pulusani raised to 110,000 and Niall Farrell reraised to 265,000. Martin Hanowski reraised to 425,000 and Pulusani folded. Farrell reraised all in and Hanowski called. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Farrell: AK
Hanowski: JJ

Board: A9895

Farrell doubled up to 6.3 million thanks to a pair of aces and Hanowski was crippled with 545,000.

Level: 26

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 8 out of 1,072

Average Chip Count: 1,206,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Mark Teltscher – 875,000
Seat 2: Nam Le – 880,000
Seat 3: Niall Farrell – 650,000
Seat 5: Pedro Rios – 950,000
Seat 6: Zo Karim – 681,000
Seat 7: Martin Hanowski – 2,100,000
Seat 8: Michael Rocco – 2,780,000
Seat 9: Sandeep Pulusani – 940,000

Players Eliminated:

9th: Phillippe Vert – $42,230

Live Updates:

Phillippe Vert Eliminated in Ninth Place ($42,230)

Phillippe Vert raised to 65,000 preflop and Martin Hanowski reraised to 135,000. Vert called and the flop fell J96. Vert checked and Hanowski raised to 125,000. Vert then reraised to 250,000. Hanowski called and the turn was the 5. Vert bet 325,000, Hanowski raised all in, and Vert called all in. The two players then revealed their cards.

Hanowski: AA
Vert: 66

River: A

Vert was eliminated in ninth place after a crushing ace on the river gave Hanowski a higher set. Hanowski grew his stack to 2.1 million thanks to the windfall.

The final day of Event No. 44 ($3,000 No-Limit Hold’em) begins with 22 players from the initial field of 1,072 and they will be playing down to a champion tonight. Cards get into the air at 1 p.m. PT and that’s when the remaining field will begin to march down to the final table. Notables still in the hunt include Jason Mercier, Justin Zaki, Will Jaffe, and Nam Le.

Card Player will bring you level-by-level updates with chip counts and payouts once the official final table begins with the final nine players in the event. Tune back in at that time to see which player will walk away with the top prize of $592,684 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.