Warren Madison raised all in from middle position and Tyler Klumb looked him up from the big blind.
Warren Madison: Tyler Klumb:
Madison was behind holding live cards but couldn’t find either on the runout ending his Main Event run.
Tyler Klumb - 2,600,000 Warren Madison - Eliminated
There was heads-up action between Kevin McMahon from the hijack and Tyler Klumb from the small blind with a board showing.
A series of raises led to McMahon getting his remaining stack in the middle and was called.
Kevin McMahon: Tyler Klumb:
McMahon was disgusted seeing Klumb roll over a set of fours as the river made him the first final table elimination.
Tyler Klumb - 2,775,000 Kevin McMahon - Eliminated
Gary Ewald limped-in from the small blind and Tyler Klumb checked his option, bringing about a flop.
Ewald wasted little time getting his remaining stack in the middle and Klumb snap-called.
Gary Ewald: Tyler Klumb:
Ewald’s trap backfired after he saw Klumb roll over trip four and the turn left him needing a jack on the river to stay alive.
Unfortunately for Ewald, the completed the board on the river and made him the final table bubble.
Tyler Klumb - 1,775,000 Gary Ewald - Eliminated
MSPT champ Sean Hinton raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and then called Gary Ewald’s 245,000 three-bet jam from the small blind.
Gary Ewald: Sean Hinton:
Hinton was ahead holding an ace until a king appeared in the window on the flop giving Ewald the lead.
The turn left Hinton needing an ace on the river, but the completed the board securing Ewald his double-up.
Hinton was left with just 30,000 after the hand and found a triple-up to get a pay jump before taking an 11th place exit for $6,451.
Gary Ewald - 550,000 Sean Hinton - Eliminated
Tom Hammers was all in for 350,000 from the small blind after a flop and was called by Warren Madison from the cutoff.
Tom Hammers: Warren Madison:
It was a cooler situation for Hammers as his made hand of kings was trailing Madison’s pair of aces and the turn followed by the tiver ended his run.
Warren Madison - 1,850,000 Tom Hammers - Eliminated
Steve WazWaz raised all in from the cutoff and was called by MSPT champ Dave Gonia from the button.
Steve WazWaz: Dave Gonia:
WazWaz was behind holding two overs but couldn’t find either on the runout ending his tournament.
Dave Gonia - 1,045,000 Steve WazWaz - Eliminated
A series of preflop raises led to Daryl Oppelt getting his 475,000 stack in the middle from the small blind and MSPT Hall of Famer Rob WazWaz looked him up from the button.
Daryl Oppelt: Rob WazWaz:
WazWaz had Oppelt dominated and the runout gave him the nut flush to eliminate Oppelt.
Rob WazWaz - 2,750,000 Daryl Oppelt - Eliminated