Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 1
On the turn of a 6♠J♠4♣7♦ board, William “Shakespeare” Eissler was all-in for roughly 2,000,000 on the button against Qing Liu in the big blind.
Eissler: J♥6♥
Liu: 5♣3♠
It was a cooler and Eissler needed to fill up, but the Q♥ landed on the river to eliminate him in second place for $14,131, while Liu takes home the trophy and $20,565 for his victory.
Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 2
On a 10♥8♥6♦ flop, Mike Stella was all-in for about 1,330,000 against William Eissler.
Stella: Q♥10♦
Eissler: A♠9♣
The A♣ and 4♠ completed the board and Stella was eliminated in third place for $9,898.
Qing Liu – 6,650,000
William Eissler – 4,310,000
Mike Stella – 0
Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 3
Qing Liu – 6,385,000
William Eissler – 2,395,000
Mike Stella – 2,180,000
Level 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000/80,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 3
On the turn of a J♦7♣7♠6♦ board, David Berger was all-in for roughly 670,000 against Qing Liu.
Berger: 5♦4♥
Liu: A♦A♣
The Q♥ completed the board and Berger was eliminated in fourth place for $7,072.
Qing Liu – 5,500,000
William Eissler – 4,400,000
Mike Stella – 1,100,000
David Berger – 0
Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 4
On a 8♥3♦9♣ flop, Daniel Lacourse jammed for 575,000 in the big blind. William Eissler called in the hijack and David Berger folded on the button.
Lacourse: 8♦6♠
Eissler: 10♦9♥
The J♣ and 5♣ completed the board and Lacourse was eliminated in fifth place for $5,157.
William Eissler – 4,900,000
David Berger – 1,420,000
Daniel Lacourse – 0
Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 5
Mike Stella jammed for 685,000 from the cutoff and David Larson rejammed for 770,000 in the small blind.
Stella: K♣Q♠
Larson: A♥9♥
The board ran out K♦4♠J♥3♦4♥ and Stella found a king to leave Larson with dust.
On the following hand, Larson put in his last 85,000 from the button and Qing Liu called in the big blind.
Larson: 6♥5♥
Liu: 10♠2♠
The board ran out 10♦5♠A♥A♣7♠ and Larson was eliminated in sixth place for $3,840.
Qing Liu – 1,575,000
Mike Stella – 1,490,000
David Larson – 0
Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 6
Se Seung Oh moved all in for about 550,000 from under the gun and Qing Lu rejammed in middle position.
Oh: 10♠10♥
Liu: A♠K♠
The 7♠J♥4♠ flop gave Liu additional outs with a flush draw. The 5♣ turn changed nothing, but the K♣ spiked the river and Oh was eliminated in seventh place for $2,920.
Qing Liu – 1,650,000
Se Seung Oh – 0
Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 7
David Larson raised to 125,000 from the hijack, William Eissler flatted the cutoff, and Qing Liu jammed for 1,200,000 in the small blind.
David Berger called all-in for 740,000 in the big blind, Larson rejammed with the covering stack, and Eissler got out of the way.
Berger: A♦A♣
Liu: 8♠8♥
Larson: A♥K♥
The board ran out 2♦9♦7♠7♣4♣ and nothing changed for Berger to score the triple, while Liu took the side pot.
David Berger – 2,405,000
Qing Liu – 920,000
David Larson – 890,000
Level 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000/50,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 7
John K. Robertson moved all in for about 475,000 under the gun and Daniel Lacourse rejammed for 805,000 on the button.
Robertson: A♠8♦
Lacourse: A♣Q♣
The board ran out 4♠6♠9♦J♣10♣ and Robertson was eliminated in eighth place for $2,269.
Daniel Lacourse – 1,405,000
John K. Robertson – 0
Level 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000/50,000
Total Entrants: 274
Players Remaining: 8
William “Shakespeare” Eissler raised from the cutoff, David Berger jammed for 515,000 in the big blind, and Eissler called.
Berger: A♠8♥
Eissler: A♥Q♣
The 8♣J♦A♣ flop put Berger ahead to the 6♣ turn. Eissler had a good number of outs, but the 8♦ river confirmed the result and Berger scored the double.
William “Shakespeare” Eissler – 4,200,000
David Berger – 1,105,000