The MILLIONS Open field is down to the final two players: Karim-Olivier Kamal and Ehamparam Kauvsegan. The championship trophy is on the table, and there is still $343,920 up for grabs.

Kamal holds a commanding chip lead with roughly 900M in chips.

Chris Moorman, considered by most knowledgeable people a top 3 tournament player of all time, just fell under the weight of monster stack Karim-Olivier Kamal.

Karim, a very capable local, is not one to let himself be impressed by Moorman’s reputation, and was very active in the 3-way, playing his leading stack as he should. He was in every pot, and every now and then, released when opposed.

Moorman was down to just over 50M out of the 1.2G chips in play. He found a good hand on the button, and committed to the pot. Kauvsegan Ehamparam was in the big blind, and after Karim folded, woke up with a premium.

Moorman:
Ehamparam:

Board:

Moorman finished 3rd, good for $88,000. He will add them to his impressive results table. Well done!

Karim now has almost a billion chips. Let the heads-up match begin!

Alexander Lynskey was the next to leave the final table, in a hand where an irregularity might have saved Christopher Moorman’s tournament life.

The action was opened by Moorman from the cut-off to 11M. Lynskey, on the button, then moved all-in for roughly 45M. Karim-Olivier Kamal, in the small blind, asked for the count and made the call, however, he seemed to forget that Moorman had opened the pot because he immediately tabled his hand. With on display for all to see, Moorman made the fold, and Lynskey tabled his .

The flop was enough for a sweat with . Lynskey also had a significant contingent railing him so the excitement built quickly, but the run out had no heart to offer with the turn and river.

Lynskey will collect $40,000 for his fifth place finish.

Aaron Duczak was the next player eliminated when he lost a battle of the blinds to Karim-Olivier Kamal. Kamal raised from the small blind to 12.5M before Duczak went all-in over the top for something approaching 180M. Kamal quickly made the call and hands were tabled. Kamal held and Duczak showed . The board, , posed not threat to the nines, and Duczak left in fourth place, earning himself $58,000 in the process.

Following a quiet couple of levels on the final table, the action has opened up and two more players have just hit the rail.

Shortly following the last break, Ryan Tack Yu was eliminated in seventh place. Yu had been card dead for quite some time so he is probably happy to have laddered up as far as he did, earning himself $20,000 in the process.

Martin Jacobson followed shortly after Yu, leaving in sixth place. Jacobson had been playing one of the larger stacks for most of Day 3, but after losing a huge pot to Kauvsegan Ehamparam right before the break, he was down to only a handful of blinds. Jacobson will pocket $28,000 for the sixth place finish.

The players have returned to their seats following their first break since the final table began. Caution was the theme of the last two levels, as most hands were won without showdown. Opening bets were often enough to take down the blinds, and there were clearly efforts made to control the size of the pots, as nobody seemed willing to put their stack at risk.

The monster pot between Martin Jacobson and Ehamparam Kauvsegan provided an exception to the cautious trend when the two stacked off in a pot worth more than 200M in chips. Although Ehamparam rose up the leaderboard, Karim-Olivier Kamal has maintained the chip lead throughout the final table.

Here are the full counts: