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There are 48:27 minutes left in level 24 and one hand of No-Limit Hold'em remains with the button on Paul Volpe. All five players in remaining have been moved to the main feature table and all further updates will be published on delay according to the cards-up coverage of the WSOP YouTube stream.
Below are the updated counts of all players still in contention.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 15,300,000 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | United States | 3,450,000 |
| 3 | Josh Arieh | United States | 6,250,000 |
| 5 | Paul Volpe | United States | 950,000 |
| 6 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 6,450,000 |
The final table payouts are as follows:
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,343,764 | ||
| 2 | $895,837 | ||
| 3 | $600,698 | ||
| 4 | $417,607 | ||
| 5 | $301,405 | ||
| 6 | Kristopher Tong | United States | $226,172 |
| 7 | Jason Mercier | United States | $176,732 |
No-Limit Hold'em
Benny Glaser opened to 225,000 from under the gun and it was folded to Kristopher Tong, who moved all in for his last 1,425,000 on the button.
Action folded back to Glaser, who went into the tank.
"I want to win," Tong said to Glaser. "I genuinely play poker tournaments to win."
Glaser thought a bit longer and then committed calling chips into the middle to put Tong at risk.
Kristopher Tong: 7♠7♥
Benny Glaser: K♥Q♥
It was a race for Tong's tournament life, but despite Tong's desire, the 9♠Q♣Q♠3♣4♠ runout favored Glaser — leaving him best with trip queens to eliminate Tong in fifth place and take over a commanding chip lead.
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2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
Paul Volpe raised in the cutoff and then called a three-bet by Maxx Coleman on the button. Volpe took two and Coleman took one, the former then check-called a bet.
On the second draw, Volpe took one versus pat and check-called another bet. They patted the final draw and Volpe checked, facing another bet for a large portion of his short stack. After some consideration, Volpe called and mucked against the 8x5x4x3x2x of Coleman.
One hand later, Volpe raised in the hijack and called all-in for 625,000 total when Coleman three-bet. Volpe's two versus Coleman led them to the second draw on which Volpe patted and Coleman took one. The same action repeated on the final draw and the cards were turned over.
Paul Volpe: 8x7x4x3x2x
Maxx Coleman: 6x5x4x2x
Coleman needed an eight or seven but only caught an Ax for Volpe to survive.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Benny Glaser: XxXx/4♣J♥7♣5♣
Phil Ivey: XxXx/A♠4♠7♥2♣ - folded on sixth street
Phil Ivey completed and called a raise from Benny Glaser.
Glaser called a bet from Ivey on fourth street and then bet after being checked to on fifth. Ivey called.
Glaser bet again on sixth and Ivey quickly sent his cards into the muck.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Josh Arieh: K♦K♠6♣/6♠2♦5♣8♥
Kristopher Tong: XxXx/3♦K♥4♥10♣/Xx
Josh Arieh completed with his six and called a raise from Kristopher Tong.
Tong proceeded to call bets from Arieh on every street and Arieh turned over his holding for kings and sixes. Tong scooped up his cards and mucked, awarding the large pot to Arieh and leaving Tong with just 1,600,000 behind.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Phil Ivey: XxXx / 5♠A♣J♣9♥ / Xx
Kristopher Tong: XxXx / 2♥7♥ folded on fourth street
Maxx Coleman: XxXx / 8♦2♠K♥2♦ / Xx
Maxx Coleman limped in and Phil Ivey completed with a five, Kristopher Tong as the bring-in called and so did Coleman. On fourth street, Ivey bet and Tong folded while Coleman stuck around. Ivey bet again fifth street and Coleman called before they checked the final two streets.
Coleman tabled his K♠7♣6♥ for kings and deuces, Ivey mucked.
No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
Benny Glaser raised to 225,000 first to act and was called by Phil Ivey in the hijack.
Both players drew one and then Glaser continued for 800,000.
Ivey cut out a call and thought a bit before placing it into the middle and Glaser tabled 8x7x5x4x2x for an eight-seven. Ivey couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Glaser.
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