Michael Esquivel is starting to carve a path to a championship.

Esquivel raised to 135,000 and Andy Tran moved all-in for 1,200,000. Esquivel quickly called setting up the showdown. Tran turned over and Esquivel led with . Tran would get no help on the runout and he was knocked out of the tournament. Esquivel, on the other hand, has now opened up a substantial lead on the field holding 4,600,000 chips going into four-handed play.

Andy Tran finishes in 5th place winning $24,642.