WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 64

Michael Mizrachi raised on the button to 50,000 and Farid Yachou used one of his time bank chips before moving all in. Mizrachi calls and is all in for 360,000 and the cards are tabled.

Mizrachi showed and was flipping for his tournament life against Yachou’s .

There was a four in the window to deflate Mizrachi and his rail as the flop came . Mizrachi got up and shook hands with Yachou, knowing he needed running cards to win the pot.

The turn was the and the river was the to eliminate the man known as “The Grinder” was eliminated in third place. He took home $140,500 for third place and Yachou was left to play heads-up for the title against Vlad Darie.

Farid Yachou – 1,656,000 (69 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 64

Michael Mizrachi raised on the button to 50,000 and Farid Yachou called out of the big blind.

The flop was and both players checked. The came on the turn and Yachou bet 55,000. Mizrachi raised to 125,000 and Yachou used a time bank chip before moving all in for  1,045,000.

Mizrachi uses a time bank chip of his own and takes the full minute of time alotted before folding.

Farid Yachou – 1,294,000 (53 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 480,000 (20 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 64

Farid Yachou raised on the button and Vlad Darie called out of the big blind.

The flop was and Darie checked. Yachou bet 85,000 and Darie called. The turn was the . Darie bet 70,000 and Yachou raised to 220,000.

Darie called and the river was the . Both players ehceked and Darie showed , good for trip jacks.  Yachou mucked his hand.

Vlad Darie – 1,382,000 (69 bb)
Farid Yachou – 967,000 (48 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 64

Vlad Darie raised to 40,000 and Jonathan Jaffe used a time bank chi before moving all in out of the small blind for 349,000.

Darie called and the cards were tabled. Darie showed and had Jaffe’s dominated.

The flop was and Darie’s queens stayed ahead. The turn was the , which gave Jaffe a few extra outs. Jaffe needed a king or a ten on the river to stay alive, but the fell on the river and Jaffe was eliminated.

Darie dragged the pot and three-handed play began with Darie, Farid Yachou and Michael Mizrachi.

Vlad Darie – 799,000 (40 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions

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WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 64

Michael Mizrachi raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Noah Schwartz moved all in for 229,000 out of the small blind.

Mizrachi called and showed . Schwartz was all in, but in the lead with his .

The flop was and Schwartz keeps the lead. The turn was the and Mizrachi picked up a flush draw. The river was the , however, and Mizrachi rivered a jack to eliminate Schwartz in fifth place.

Schwartz picked up $74,200 for his finish and Mizrachi’s rail erupts as he takes the chip lead back from Yachou.

Michael Mizrachi – 1,117,000 (55 bb)
Noah Schwartz – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 64

Darren Elias moved all in from the cutoff for 261,000 from the cutoff and Farid Yachou moved all in on the button for 694,000. Everybody else got out of the way and Yachou was heads-up with Elias.

Yachou showed and is in great shape against Elias’s . The flop was and Yachou kept the lead.

The turn was the and Elias was left looking for a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river was the and Elias was eliminated in sixth place. Elias shakes hands with his table mates as he leaves the tournament area.

Elias took home $58,300 for his final table appearance and Yachou dragged another pot to move over the million chip mark.

Out 6th for 58k. Great series of tournaments down here @WPT @shrpo

— Darren Elias (@DarrenElias) April 24, 2016

Farid Yachou – 1,003,000 (50 bb)
Darren Elias – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 64

Michael Mizrachi raised to 40,000 under-the-gun and Noah Schwartz called from the cutoff. Farid Yachou came along from the big blind and they were three-handed to a flop of .

Yachou checks and Mizrachi bet 50,000. Schwartz called and Yahcou checked-raised all in for 153,000 and only Schwartz called.

Yachou tabled and was in the lead against Schwartz’s . The turn was the and the river was the to give Yachou a double with his pair of fives.

Farid Yachou – 504,000 (25 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 261,000 (13 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Heading to Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 64

Players are on a 15-minute break. Here are a look at the chip counts:

Michael Mizrachi – 991,000
Vlad Darie – 751,000
Jonathan Jaffe – 472,000
Noah Schwartz – 460,000
Darren Elias – 376,000
Farid Yachou – 151,000

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 64

Noah Schwartz raised to 38,000 under-the-gun and Farid Yachou moved all in for 73,000 on the button and Noah Schwartz called.

Yachou showed and was dominated by Schwartz’s . The flop was and Yachou hit his deuce to take the lead. The turn was the and the river was the to give Yachou the double up.

Farid Yachou – 192,000 (12 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 473,000 (29 bb)