Anthony Denove opened for 12,000 from the hijack and was called by Khaldoun Azzam from the cutoff, along with Gutfreund from the big blind.

The flop fell and action was checked to Denove who tossed out a 28,000 continuation bet only to have Azzam raise all in.

Gutfreund quickly got out of the way while Denove called off his shorter stack.

Anthony Denove:
Khaldoun Azzam:

Denove was ahead after flopping top pair and the turn kept him in the lead.

Unfortunately for Denove, the that fell on the river wasn’t the two-pair he wanted to find as it gave Azzam the nut flush, ending his tournament just before the bubble.

Khaldoun Azzam - 450,000
Dave Gutfreund - 130,000
Anthony Denove - 0