Another double with nines against fives gave Rutherford the lead before a final hand that saw Rutherford winning a final flip to close out his parlay.Īs Rutherford darted off for winner's photos, Liu cashed in on his seven bounties and pulled the remaining four $5,000 bounties and three $1,000 bounties for a total of $23,000. 'If you win can I keep the trophy?' Rutherford asked Liu.Īs is turned out, Rutherford would win the tournament and get the trophy as he doubled up a sub-ten big blind stack before again doubling as his dominated queen-seven out-flopped Lui's ace-seven. Linde also fell after a three-bet jam into Big Slick as his ace-eight was dominated by the cards of Rutherford, who ended up hitting Broadway to put an emphasis on the fourth-place elimination.Īfter knocking out Natividad in third place, Liu had a formidable chip lead and seemingly a lock on winning the trophy as he entered heads-up play.

Dube was ahead until an ace on the river confirmed his elimination in sixth place. Next to go was Mark Dube, three-bet jammed with deuces and was called by Natividad with ace-king. Once the final table formed, Jordan Spurlin and Anze Smajd picked up the last two $10,000 bounties on their ways out in 8th and 7th place. Some other players who fell ahead of the final table include Daewoong Song (17th - $1,640), Camille Brown (16th - $1,640) and PokerStars Ambassador David Kaye, who fell on the unofficial final table bubble as his king-seven couldn't beat out the ace-ten of Spurlin.

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