$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 260

Tony Tran opened with an under-the-gun raise, and SHRP Team member Chance Kornuth three-bet shoved for about 500,000 in the small blind. Tran called to put him at risk.

Tran:
Kornuth:

Kornuth flopped an open-ended straight draw, but that’s as close as he’d get to catching up. The board ran out , and Tran won the pot with ace-king high to eliminate Kornuth in fourth place.

Tony Tran – 1,585,000 (66 bb)
Chance Kornuth – Eliminated in 4th place ($15,725)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 260

Kevin MacPhee lost most of his stack doubling up Chance Kornuth in a recent pot, and MacPhee moved all in for just about 200,000 shortly thereafter. Tony Tran called in the small blind, putting MacPhee at risk.

MacPhee:
Tran:

There was a jack on the flop, but the run-out gave Tran the pot with eights full. MacPhee was eliminated in fifth place.

Tony Tran – 1,475,000 (61 bb)
Kevin MacPhee – Eliminated in 5th place ($12,143)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 260

Tony Tran opened the cutoff to 45,000, and Scott Montgomery three-bet shoved for 251,000 on the button. Tran called to put him at risk.

Tran:
Montgomery:

The board ran out , and Tran’s ace kicker played to earn him the pot. Montgomery was eliminated in sixth place.

Tony Tran – 1,255,000 (63 bb)
Scott Montgomery – Eliminated in 6th place ($10,063)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 260

Chance Kornuth opened to 44,000 in middle position, and Cord Garcia three-bet shoved for 144,000 on the button. Tony Tran re-shoved from the small blind, Kornuth folded, and Garcia was at risk and dominated as the cards were turned up.

Garcia:
Tran:

The board ran out , and Tran won the pot with a pair of kings to eliminate Garcia in seventh place.

Tony Tran – 765,000 (38 bb)
Cord Garcia – Eliminated in 7th place ($8,449)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 260

Kevin MacPhee moved all in for 321,000, and Tony Tran called to put him at risk. Tran had the same hand with which he won the double knockout pot a moment ago.

MacPhee:
Tran:

The board ran out , and MacPhee found a pair of kings to win the pot and double up.

Kevin MacPhee – 680,000 (43 bb)
Tony Tran – 510,000 (32 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 260

Spencer Champlin moved all in for 80,000 in middle position, and David Prociak re-shoved for 353,000 next to act. From the big blind, Tony Tran called both shoves, having Prociak slightly covered to put both opponents at risk.

Champlin:
Prociak:
Tran:

The board ran out , and Tran’s queens held to earn him the double knockout. Champlin had the shorter of the two stacks, so he takes ninth place while Prociak takes eighth.

Tran is now the chip leader.

Tony Tran – 837,000 (52 bb)
David Prociak – Eliminated in 8th place ($7,062)
Spencer Champlin – Eliminated in 9th place ($5,745)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 260

James Romero moved all in for his last 32,000 under the gun, and action folded around to the blinds. Chance Kornuth re-shoved from the small, and Miguel Riera Suarez called all in for 253,000 in the big, putting himself at risk in the process.

Romero:
Kornuth:
Suarez:

The board ran out , and Suarez won the pot with a pair of tens, more than doubling up. Romero was eliminated as the first casualty of the final table.

Miguel Riera Suarez – 558,000 (35 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 530,000 (33 bb)
James Romero – Eliminated in 10th place ($4,855)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 260

Chance Kornuth opened to 27,000 in middle position, and James Romero three-bet shoved for 176,000 a couple seats over. Tony Tran called all in for 136,000 in the cutoff, and Kornuth folded out of the way to leave him heads-up for his tournament life.

Romero:
Tran:

The board ran out , and Tran’s tens held to earn him a double-up. Romero is now the owner of the shortest stack at the table.

Tony Tran – 337,000 (28 bb)
James Romero – 40,000 (3 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 260

Kevin MacPhee opened to 26,000 in middle position, and Chance Kornuth three-bet to 40,000 in the cutoff. MacPhee called.

Both players checked through the flop, and the turn was the . MacPhee bet 58,000, and Kornuth called. The river was the , and MacPhee moved all in for 127,000.

“Give me a sec, guys,” Kornuth apologized for the impending delay. “I have, like, the best hand I can have,” he continued. “But I don’t think you’re bluffing.” After a couple minutes, he called to put MacPhee at risk.

MacPhee wasn’t bluffing; he showed to win the pot and double up with the nuts. Someone at the table asked to see Kornuth’s hand since MacPhee had been all in, so the dealer revealed Kornuth’s .

Kevin MacPhee – 488,000 (41 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 750,000 (63 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 260

James Romero opened to 26,000 in early position, and Chance Kornuth three-bet to 84,000 in the big blind. Romero asked to see Kornuth’s stack, pondered for a couple minutes, then four-bet shoved. Kornuth called all in for 460,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Kornuth:
Romero:

The board ran out , and Kornuth won the pot with kings full to double up into the chip lead.

Chance Kornuth – 946,000 (79 bb)
James Romero – 280,000 (23 bb)