Players were still settling into their new seats but found a way to get all the chips in multi-way.
Suzan Samuels had opened from the cutoff before Ike Nlemchi jammed from the small blind. Creighton Jones went all-in for less from the big blind and Samuels called it off. Samuels covered both players.
Samuels: A♥Q♥
Nlemchi: A♣K♣
Jones: A♠A♦
Board: J♣9♦3♣J♠4♥
The flop was a sweat for Jones' aces. Nlemchi had flopped a flush draw but went unimproved. Aces held for Jones, the shortest stack coming into the final table, to triple up. He was out of his chair in excitement.
Nlemchi won a substantial side pot of 2,680,000 and Samuels now found herself as the shortest stack.
Nlemchi: 2,680,000
Jones: 1,465,000
Samuels: 455,000
Final Table Chip Counts
Benjamin Harris - 4 - 10,580,000
Taylor Schubert - 2 - 9,215,000
Suzan Samuels - 7 - 2,250,000
Ike Nlemchi - 9 - 1,795,000
Rahil Gaulani - 8 - 1,455,000
Joe Eckford - 6 - 790,000
William Anderson - 5 - 765,000
Creighton Jones - 1 - 455,000
Day Two Payouts - Final Table
Bounty: $15,600
1st: $21,160
2nd: $15,120
3rd: $10,200
4th: $6,960
5th: $5,100
6th: $3,960
7th: $3,300
8th: $2,740
9th: $2,260
75 places were paid on Day Two with $400 as the min cash.
Day One payouts totaled $15,200 ($360 and $340).
7 $1,000 double bag bonuses were paid.