Rodney Hollett made a great call on the river to take over the chip lead. In a limped pot preflop, Layne check-called a bet of 300K a flop of . They both checked on the turn, and when the river brought the , Layne moved all-in. Rodney tanked for a few minutes before making the call with , which turned out to be quite the hero (and correct) call, as Layne showed   .

With that hand, Rodney moved up to over 2.5M in chips!

Although he started with a 10-to-1 disadvantage in chip stacks in this heads-up, Rodney Hollett has managed to grind his way back into comfort zone, as he now holds just over 1.3M in chips. The blinds are about to go up to 60K/120K/a10K, and we should see a lot of chip movement in the next few hands.

Layne Trenholm just delivered the knockout blow to Daniel Kwon, after having already taken most of his chips on this final table. From the button, Layne open shoved, and got a call from Daniel in the big blind, who had roughly 380K left.

Layne:

Daniel:

The flop couldn’t have been better for Layne, as he flopped broadway and held on the board to knock Daniel out in 3rd. We are now heads-up between Rodney Hollett (385,000) and Layne (3,365,000).

3rd place: Daniel Kwon, $1,940

Layne Trenholm just doubled up through Daniel Kwon again, but this time it was much more considerable. Daniel open shoved from under the gun, and Layne snap moved all-in from the small blind. Rodney Hollett tanked for a minute before letting the two chip leaders confront each other.

Daniel:

Layne:

Layne’s cowboys held on the board, and he doubled his 1.385M stack, leaving Daniel with under 400K.

Daniel Kwon and Michael James McCormack found themselves all-in preflop against each other in a battle of the blinds.

Daniel:

James:

Board:

Although Michael had a few outs to double up, it was Daniel who ended up winning the pot.

4th place: Michael James McCormack, $1,460

Layne Trenholm’s momentum is picking up here on the final table, as he just knocked another player down to increase his lead. John Consiglio shoved a short stack from the small blind, and Layne threw in the calling chips from the big blind.

John:

Layne:

John couldn’t improve on the board, and was sent to the cashiers to collect his earnings.

5th place: John Consiglio, $1,100

Layne Trenholm just made a call that gave him the chip lead. He opened from middle position to 185K, and went into the tank when Daniel Kwon moved all-in from the small blind. After a short pause, he announced the call, and found himself ahead.

Daniel:

Layne:

Layne hit a full house on the board, and doubled up his 785K stack up to over 1.5M! Daniel is still holding nearly a million in chips, good for second in chips.

Yu Zhou saw his stack fluctuate quite a bit on this final table, and on this last hand, he was only holding around 300K when he moved in from the cut-off. Daniel Kwon isolated from the small blind, and they were heads-up.

Yu:

Daniel:

Yu picked up some help on the flop, but inevitably fell short on the board to finish in 6th place.

6th place: Yu Zhou, $830