Picking up with the action after the second draw, Eli Elezra checks and Phil Galfond fires out a bet from the button. Elezra comes over the top with a raise and Galfond takes a moment before sliding forward a call.
Each player stands pat on the final draw and Elezra bets one more time. Galfond calls and mucks his hand after being shown . Elezra rakes in the chips and now has 1.03 million. Galfond, on the other hand, has dropped down to 90,000.
On the first hand of the final table, George Danzer opened with a raise to 60,000 and Phil Galfond called from the big blind.
Both players drew two and checked it round as Galfond stood pat and Danzer drew two before Galfond bet out 30,000. Danzer called and drew one as Galfond checked and Danzer bet out 30,000. Galfond took his time before opting to fold.
The second hand saw Tuan Le raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Eli Elezra called from the button, along with Justin Bonomo in the big blind.
Bonomo drew two, Le drew three and Elezra drew one before action was checked round. Bonomo and Le drew two as Elezra drew one again and the action was checked to Elezra who bet 30,000 with only Bonomo calling.
Bonomo drew one and Elezra stood pat before tabling his once Bonomo checked.
After the first draw, Tuan Le, Eli Elezra, Phil Galfond, and Sergey Rybachenko all checked to go to the second draw. Le stood pat, Elezra and Galfond each took one, and Rybachenko took two.
Le fired out a bet and both Elezra and Galfond called. Rybachenko called all in for less and the four players were off to the final draw. On the last draw, Le stood pat and all three other players took one. There was a bit of a mix up during Rybachenko's draw, as the deal had reached the end of the deck and the bottom card is not allowed to be given. Elezra and Galfond informed the tournament director of their discarded cards and they were pulled out of the stub. The folded and mucked cards were then reshuffled and Rybachenko was given his final card.
Le checked, Elezra fired out a bet and Galfond folded. Le called the bet and Elezra wasted no time fanning on the felt. The all-in Rybachenko's hand was mucked and Le showed . Elezra won the pot and the official final table is set!
Eli Elezra raised from under the gun and Sergey Rybachenko three-bet from the button. Elezra pulled one card while Rybachenko opted for two. Elezra fired out a bet and Rybachenko called. Both players took one on the second draw and action went check-check. On the final draw, each player picked up one once more.
Elezra led out and Rybachenko called. Elezra tabled {6} and won the pot. He now has about 490,000.
George Danzer opened to the button only to have Sergey Rybachenko raise to 45,000 from the small blind.
Danzer called and both players drew two before Rybachenko was all in for his last 19,000 with Danzer calling and drawing one to Rybachenko's two as both players stood pat on the last draw.
Danzer tabled his , but it would be Rybachenko's that would see him double through to 153,000 in chips.
George Danzer limped the small blind and Sergey Rybachenko checked the big blind before drawing three to Danzer's two. Danzer led for 15,000 and Rybachenko called as he drew two and Danzer drew one.
Danzer bet out 30,000 only to have Rybachenko raise to 60,000. Danzer called and drew one as Rybachenko stood pat before both players checked.
Danzer tabled his and scooped the pot while sending Rybachenko down to 65,000.
Alexandre Luneau raised from under the gun and Jason Mercier moved all in for his last 28,000 from the cutoff. It folded around to Justin Bonomo in the big blind and he called as well. Going to the first draw, Bonomo drew one card, Luneau one, and Mercier two.
Bonomo checked and Luneau led out with a bet. Bonomo stuck around. On draw number two, Bonomo picked up two, Luneau drew one, and Mercier stood pat. Bonomo checked once again and Luneau moved all in for his last 19,000. Bonomo announced a call.
On the final draw, Bonomo stood pat, Luneau drew one, and Mercier went into the tank. After a moment, he tapped the table, signifying that he was standing pat.
"Wheel," said Bonomo, turning over for the stone nuts. Mercier flung his cards into the muck, exposing . Luneau tabled his and showed that his final card was the . Bonomo scored the double elimination, scooped a massive pot, and prompted a total redraw to the unofficial final table of seven.