Level 39 (Blinds 500,000/100,000/100,000)
Total Entries: 4,179
Players Remaining: 2
Chip Average: 41,795,000
Final Table Hand: 85
Elvir Muriqui (Bronx, NY)
We said David Hom wasn’t done and he definitely wasn’t, as there was just one hand of three handed play, with Elvir Muriqui moving all-in from the button and getting snap called, almost sheepishly by Hom in the big blind.
We say sheepishly, because it’s almost like Hom couldn’t believe his luck, as he turned over {Ad}{Ah}, after just being dealt pocket Kings in the previous hand.
Elvir was a big dog, as he held just under 20% equity in the hand with {8c}{8s}.
Elvir was confident, as was his rail, that the eight would come, even calling out that it would be the “middle card on the board”.
It wasn’t the middle, in fact it didn’t show up at all, as the board ran out {Ks}{Jd}{6h}{5c}{4h} and Elvir, who has dished out dozens of knockouts in his professional boxing career, was being dealt one himself, which certainly must have stung as he was so close to his first major poker title, but will be sent to the rail in 3rd place, for just under $150,000.
Elvir said before the action started today, that this experience “felt like walking into the ring”, showing the energy and excitement the “live streamed” Final Table can bring.
We are now heads up for the Event 1 title, with David Hom holding close to 50,000,000 chips. Byung Yoo is sitting with just over 30,000,000.