The two remaining players then went on a ten minute break. Cheung would enter the heads-up match with a 7-to-1 chip advantage.

Robert Cheung: $7,125,000
Richard Murnick: $1,180,000

Robert Cheung Wins Event No. 38 ($673,628)

On the first hand of heads up play Robert Cheung and Richard Murnick got it all in preflop. Cheung flipped over A K and Murnick showed down 8 7. The board was dealt J 5 4 A 4 and Cheung won the gold bracelet, as well as $673,628 in prize money. Murnick took home $417,117 in prize money for his second-place finish.

Andy Lee Eliminated in Fifth Place ($119,447)

Andy Lee moved all in and John Kranyak made the call preflop. Kranyak turned up K 8 and Lee turned over 10 5. The board was dealt K 9 6 9 6 and he was eliminated in fifth place. Lee took home $119,447 in prize money.

The Doldrums

Tournament play then continued for the next 20 hands with little major action. The players were testing each other with small raises, and small pots changing hands.

Murnick Doubled up through Schoenberg

Richard Murnick moved all in and Erica Schoenberg called. She flipped over A Q and Murnick showed down J 6. The board rolled out 10 9 8 7 8 and Murnick turned a jack-high straight to double up.

John Kranyak Eliminated in Fourth Place ($170,639)

John Kranyak moved all in and Robert Cheung made the call. Kranyak flipped over pocket queens, but Cheung flipped over pocket kings. The board was dealt 8 7 2 7 3 and Kranyak was eliminated in fourth place. He walked away with $170,639 in prize money.

Leader Board

The players then went on a fifteen minute break and here is how the chip stacks of the three remaining players looked:

Seat No. 1: Robert Cheung - $5,650,000
Seat No. 4: Richard Murnick - $1,180,000
Seat No. 8: Erica Schoenberg - $1,505,000

Kranyak Doubled up through Lee

John Kranyak moved all in and Andy Lee called with A Q. Kranyak turned over 9 5. 
The board was dealt J 9 7 4 3 and Kranyak flopped three nines to win the pot and survive.

Chris Bjorin Eliminated in Sixth Place ($87,215)

Richard Murnick moved all in and Chris Bjorin made the call. He flipped over K Q and Murnick showed down A 10. The board rolled out 10 8 2 9 8 and Bjorin was eliminated in sixth place. He earned $87,215 for his efforts.

Lee the Double Up Machine

Robert Cheung raised preflop and Andy Lee moved all in. Cheung quickly called and flipped over A 10. Lee turned up A 8. The board came Q 6 3 5 7 and yert another opponent had used Lee as a stepping stone to double up.

Break Time

The players then went on a 15 minute break. Here is how things looked at that point:

Seat No. 1: Robert Cheung - $2,090,000
Seat No. 4:  Richard Murnick - $1,280,000
Seat No. 5: John Kranyak - $1,905,000
Seat No. 7: Andy Lee - $735,000
Seat No. 8: Erica Schoenberg - $2,325,000

Nicholas Goodall Eliminated in Ninth Place ($40,195)

Robert Cheung raised to $80,000 and Nicholas Goodall called. Erica Schoenberg also called and the flop rolled out 7 6 2, Schoenberg checked, Cheung bet, and Goodall thought a minute before he moved all in. Schoenberg pondered her move for a minute also, and then she too moved all in over the top of Goodall. Cheung abandoned ship at this point. Goodall showed down pocket eights, but Schoenberg turned up pocket twos for a set of deuces. The turn brought the 6, which gave Schoenberg a full house, and Goodall’s hope was reduced to one of the two remaining eights in the deck. The river brought the J, and Schoenberg took the pot with a full house. She increased her stack to 1,915,000 and jumped into the chip lead. Goodall was eliminated in ninth place, and he took home $40,195.

Break Time

The next 20 minutes of action went by rather quietly and the players then went on a 15 minute break.

Blinds Up

The blinds kicked up to $30,000-$60,000 with a $5,000 ante after the break.

Ernie Crespo Eliminated in Eighth Place ($51,192)

Ernie Crespo moved all in under the gun for over $600,000 and Erica Schoenberg called from the cutoff with pocket tens. Crespo showed down pocket fives. The board was dealt 7 6 6 6 3, and Schoenberg won a pot and eliminated her opponent once again with a full house. Crespo was eliminated in eighth place, and he walked away with $51,192.

Leader Board

Seat No. 1: Robert Cheung - $1,480,000
Seat No. 2: Chris Bjorin - $625,000
Seat No. 4: Richard Murnick - $595,000
Seat No. 5: John Kranyak - $570,000
Seat No. 7: Andy Lee - $1,605,000
Seat No. 8: Erica Schoenberg - $2,960,000
Seat No. 9: Suey Wong - $565,000