Following a heads-up chop, Mehdi Saleh takes home $19,203 for a second-place finish.

Level 32
Blinds: 125,000/250,000/250,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 2

Mehdi Saleh raised to 500,000 from the button and David Berger three-bet to 1,450,000 in the big blind. Saleh four-bet jammed with the covering stack and Berger deliberated before he called all-in for 4,750,000.

Berger: A♠7♠
Saleh: K♥K♦

Saleh was in good shape for the victory, but the J♥7♥7♣ flop vaulted Berger in front. The 8♦ turn and A♥ river confirmed the result and Berger scored the double.

David Berger – 9,750,000
Mehdi Saleh – 5,800,000

Level 32
Blinds: 125,000/250,000/250,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 2

Rachel Giacopuzzi moved all in for roughly 1,050,000 from the button and Mehdi Saleh called in the big blind.

Giacopuzzi: A♠8♣
Saleh: A♥9♠

Giacopuzzi was pipped, and although the 3♦A♣3♣ flop brought chop possibilities, the 6♦ turn and 9♥ river confirmed the result to eliminate her in third place for $12,350.

Mehdi Saleh – 10,750,000
David Berger – 4,800,000
Rachel Giacopuzzi – 0

Level 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/200,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 3

Mehdi Saleh raised to 400,000 from the button, Rachel Giacopuzzi jammed for 1,400,000 in the small blind, and Saleh called.

Giacopuzzi: A♦K♥
Saleh: A♣Q♠

It was a cooler and the board ran out 8♥6♣A♠2♠3♠ to secure Giacopuzzi’s double.

Mehdi Saleh – 7,350,000
David Berger – 5,000,000
Rachel Giacopuzzi – 3,200,000

Level 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/200,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 3

David Berger raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and Scott Fritz defended the big blind.

The flop fell 3♦4♣7♣ and Fritz checked. Berger bet 200,000 and Fritz called.

The 2♦ landed on the turn and Fritz checked. Berger bet 500,000, Fritz check-jammed for roughly 1,450,000, and Berger called.

Fritz: 4♥4♦
Berger: A♥A♦

Fritz’s flopped set was in good shape to crack aces for the double, but the A♠ spiked the river and Fritz was eliminated in fourth place for $9,046.

David Berger – 5,500,000
Scott Fritz – 0

Level 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/200,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 4

Mehdi Saleh raised from the cutoff and David Berger defended the big blind.

The dealer spread the Q♣J♥3♣ flop and Berger check-called for 300,000.

The 2♥ landed on the turn and Berger check-called all-in for 975,000.

Berger: Q♠8♣
Saleh: J♣9♣

The 4♥ completed the board and Berger secured the double.

Mehdi Saleh – 8,175,000
David Berger – 3,850,000

Level 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/200,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 4

Mehdi Saleh – 6,375,000
Scott Fritz – 5,575,000
Rachel Giacopuzzi – 2,225,000
David Berger – 1,375,000

Level 30
Blinds: 75,000/150,000/150,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 4

L. Kobie Wilkerson was all-in for roughly 460,000 in the small blind against Mehdi Saleh on the button.

Wilkerson: 5♠5♣
Saleh: 9♠7♥

The two were fake flipping to the 2♥J♥8♥ flop. The 5♥ turn gave Saleh a flush, while Wilkerson needed to fill up, but the A♣ river changed nothing and Wilkerson was eliminated in fifth place for $6,732.

Mehdi Saleh – 5,650,000
L. Kobie Wilkerson – 0

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 5

With roughly 700,000 in the middle on the turn of J♠3♥7♥7♦ board, David Berger checked the small blind, and Yotam Shmuelov moved all in for 860,000 in the big blind. Rachel Giacopuzzi folded in the cutoff and Berger called.

Shmuelov: K♥J♦
Berger: 7♠6♠

The 5♠ completed the board and Shmuelov was eliminated in sixth place for $5,091.

David Berger – 4,800,000
Rachel Giacopuzzi – 3,850,000
Yotam Shmuelov – 0

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 388
Players Remaining: 6

Scott Fritz jammed for 1,020,000 from the hijack, David Berger flatted the cutoff, and L. Kobie Wilkerson came along in the big blind.

The 10♠5♦6♣J♣4♣ board was checked down and Fritz tabled J♠J♦ to score the triple against the A♠K♠ of Berger and the A♦K♦ of Wilkerson.

Scott Fritz – 3,210,000
David Berger – 2,210,000
L. Kobie Wilkerson – 1,810,000