Mario Page exited in 5th after some difficulty following the last break of the day, going down to 9K, then up to around 20K but never in any state of ICM health. He finally went out, cashing for $410, which lead to the hand of the tournament just a few hands later.
With 4 players remaining, Rong Xu open-shoved his 162,000 chip stack from the button. He found a very quick call from Jonathan Lefebvre in Seat 2 (sb) and then action turned to Stuart Taylor, the chip leader who had already contributed a big blind to the pot. He asked for a count of Jonathan’s stack as well, explaining that he wasn’t just stalling, and found out that Jonathan was playing 132,000.
Stuart thought deeply but not for too long, eventually making the call. All hole cards were exposed:
Rong: 
Jonathan: 
Stuart: 
And Michael Hunter – with a very healthy stack – could only sit and watch!
The flop was dealt and it hinted at a clear win for Stuart: 
– not only had he flopped top pair, he also had a redraw to the effective nuts. The turn burnished his hand a little more: 
for two pair, and the river 
sealed the deal – Stuart had eliminated both players! Rong could only make the rueful point that had Stuart just allowed the two shorter stacks to fight it out, he would have won the hand against Jonathan and doubled up… and from there, anything could have happened. Alas it was not to be – Stuart won the hand and took a massive lead in the tournament.
3rd place: Jonathan Lefebvre, $780
4th place: Rong Xu, $530
5th place: Mario Page, $410
