Brian Hastings' mission to “punish everyone” - his favored Twitter hashtag as he attempts to win a heap of side bets – could culminate on Saturday when the final table of Event #27: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship begins at 2 p.m. Hastings bagged 770,000 at the conclusion of Day 2, a big lead over second-place John Thrower's 426,000.

Mikhail Semin (426,000), Scott Clements (384,000), Chris George (251,000), Max Pescatori (207,000), Dan Kelly (172,000), and Oxana Cummings (128,000) also made the final table.

The small field 91 runners hit the money at 16 players, with David Steicke (14th), Cory Zeidman (13th), Justin Smith (12th), David Chiu (11th), Rep Porter (10th) and Mike Gorodinsky (ninth) all cashing.

Remaining players come back to compete for a first-place prize of $239,518.