Hand #27: Matt Berkey opened to 400,000 and Samuel Vonkennel called on the button. The flop came and Berkey checked. Vonkennel shoved all in and Berkey snap-called. Berkey showed and was ahead of the of Vonkennel.
The turn was the and the river was the and Vonkennel was eliminated.
Berkey is now holding almost 20 million of the 45 million chips in play.
Hand #23: Giuseppe Pantaleo opened to 340,000 and Richard Dixon shoved all in. Pantaleo folded.
Hand #24: Richard Dixon raised to 340,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #25: Matt Berkey raised from the hijack to 325,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #26: Berkey raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Martin Lesjoe reraised on the button to 925,000. Berkey reraised to 2,000,000 and Lesjoe folded.
Hand #17: Matt Berkey raised to 320,000 from the button and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #18: Matt Berkey raised to 325,000 in the cutoff and Martin Lesjoe was the lone caller on the button. Both players checked on the flop of , and the came on the turn. Berkey checked again and Lesjoe fired 410,000. Berkey made the call and the completed the board. A third check from Berkey saw Lesjoe bet out 725,000, and after about a minute of thinking, Berkey released his hand.
Hand #19: Samuel Vonkennel raised it up to 380,000 and Jimmy Guerrero defended his big blind. The flop came down and Guerrero would check-fold to a bet of 375,000 from Vonkennel.
Hand #20: Adrian Moreno made it 400,000 to go on the button and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Giuseppe Pantaleo received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #22: Samuel Vonkennel raised to 340,000 and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #16: Alexandros Papadopoulos was on the button and shoved all in for about 2,500,000. Matt Berkey thought for a second and then folded. Martin Lesjoe was in the big blind and quickly called with . Papadopoulos had .
The board ran out and Lesjoe won the hand, eliminating Papadopoulos.
Hand #12: Richard Dixon raised to 420,000 from under the gun and everyone folded.
Hand #13: Martin Lesjoe raised to 325,000 and Jimmy Guerrero raised all in for 1,290,000. Lesjoe quickly called and showed against the of Guerrero.
The board ran out and Guerrero doubled up.
Hand #14: Lesjoe opened again to 325,000 and Alexandros Papadopoulos raised all in from the big blind and Lesjoe folded.
Hand #15: Lesjoe opened for the third hand in a row to 325,000 under the gun and Matt Berkey defended the big blind. The flop was and Berkey checked. Lesjoe bet 400,000 and Berkey called. The turn was the and Berkey checked again. Lesjoe bet 635,000 and Berkey folded.
Hand #10: Richard Dixon made it 500,000 to go from early position and Matt Berkey was the lone caller from the hijack. The flop came out and Dixon moved all in for about 1.6 million. Berkey folded and Dixon took the pot.
Hand #11: Martin Lesjoe raised to 325,000 and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #6: Action folded around to Alexandros Papadopoulos in the small blind and he limped in. Matt Berkey checked his option and the flop came down . Papadopoulos check-folded to a bet of 200,000 from Berkey, giving the pot to the chip leader.
Hand #7: Adrian Moreno made it 280,00 to go from middle position and Martin Lesjoe defended his big blind. The flop came and Mesjoe check-called a bet of 460,000 from Moreno. The two would then check the turn and river, and Moreno showed . They were no good though, as Lesjoe showed for a winning pair of aces.
Hand #8: Matt Berkey made it 250,000 from the button and he took the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Richard Dixon raised to 260,000 from middle position, but he was forced to fold when Samuel Vonekennel moved all in from the small blind with the bigger stack.
Hand #1: Richard Dixon raised to 245,000 and Jimmy Guerrero called from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Dixon led for 350,000. Guerrero folded.
Hand #2: Matt Berkey raised to 300,000 from middle position and Adrian Moreno raised all in for just about 1,100,000. Berkey called with and was up against Moreno's .
The board ran out and Moreno doubled up.
Hand #3: Guerrero opened to 350,000 on the button and Giuseppe Pantaleo defended the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Pantaleo led for 370,000. Guerrero folded.
Hand #4: Martin Lesjoe raised to 250,000 and Dixon defended the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. Dixon checked the on the turn and Lesjoe bet 325,000. Dixon folded.
Hand #5: Moreno raised to 275,000 and Guerrero called in position. The flop came and Moreno bet 350,000. Guerrero called. The turn was the and Moreno shoved all in. Guerrero folded.
On the first hand of the unofficial final table, Alexander Haber moved all in for his final 900,000 with . Samuel Vonkennel called to put him at risk with . Vonkennel yelled for paint throughout the flop and turn, and he got his wish with the river.
Vonkennel clapped his hands at the site of the river lady, as he jumped his stack up to 5.2 million.