Event 2: Joshua Richison – 3rd Place ($39,873)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
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Level 33: 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,766

Joshua Richison

Joshua Richison and Alfred Karlsson battled it out again and they were heads-up to the QsTh8d flop. Both players checked and Karlsson bet 200,000 after the 3c turn. Richison quickly called with a similar stack.

“If you have a queen, you’re good,” Richison told Karlsson.

Karlsson had a queen with QcJc and it was better than Richison’s pair of eights with 8h7d. No love on the 5d river and Richison’s crazy run was over in third place.

Alfred Karlsson – 14,285,000 (89 bb)
Joshua Richison – Eliminated in 3rd place ($39,872)

Event 3: Alfred Karlsson Doubles Through Joshua Richison Twice

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Level 33: 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,766

Joshua Richison open-shoved from the button and Alfred Karlsson called in the small blind for 2,445,000.

Richison: AcJd
Karlsson: AsKc

Richison’s big ace ran into a bigger one and he couldn’t catch up on the Tc9h6c9s4s board to send chips across the table.

Soon after, Karlsson moved all in and this time it was Richison calling a shove.

Richison: Td8h
Karlsson: 5h5d

Not a conventional flip and Karlsson improved on the 9h5c3d flop. Karlsson took the lead after the 9c turn and Qs was another big hit for Richison.

Alfred Karlsson – 8,300,000 (52 bb)
Joshua Richison – 5,950,000 (37 bb)

Event 2: Bryon Schenk – 4th Place ($30,209)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
 | Structure | Payouts
Level 33: 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,766

Byron Schenk

Byron Schenk limped his small blind and Joshua Richison moved all in from the big blind. Schenk quickly called for a big stack battle.

Schenk: KdJd
Richison: Ad4s

Schenk needed to catch to drag the big pot but Richison improved on the Ah5s2d flop. Schenk picked up a gutshot draw on the Qs turn but he was sent to the payout desk after the Qd river.

Joshua Richison – 10,800,000 (68 bb)
Byron Schenk – Eliminated in 4th place ($30,209)

Event 2: Joe Carrafa – 5th Place ($23,142)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
 | Structure | Payouts
Level 33: 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,766

Joe Carrafa

Byron Schenk limped from the cutoff and Joshua Richison moved all in from the button. Alfred Karlsson released his small blind and Joe Carrafa moved all in from the big blind for 700,000. Schenk folded and Carrafa was ahead for the double.

Carrafa: KdTh
Richison: 9s6s

Richison was again holding two live ones and hit the 9h8h3d flop to take the lead. Carrafa needed to pair his over cards but he was eliminated after the 2d turn and 9d river.

Joshua Richison – 6,150,000 (38 bb)
Joe Carrafa – Eliminated in 5th place ($23,142)

Event 2: Karthik Ramakrishnan Doubles Through Joshua Richison

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$300,000 Guaranteed
 | Structure | Payouts
Level 33: 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,766

Joshua Richison open-shoved from under the gun and Karthik Ramakrishnan called in the small blind for his 2,160,000 stack.

Ramakrishnan: AhQh
Richison: Jc9h

Richison called for a nine but it was Ramakrishnan hitting the Ac3d2h flop to move further into the lead. The board finished 2c turn and 9c to send the double to Ramakrishnan.

Karthik Ramakrishnan – 4,500,000 (28 bb)
Joshua Richison – 5,100,000 (32 bb)

Event 2: Another Break

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Level 33: 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,766

The clock ran out on Level 33 and the five remaining players decided to take a quick break to wake up. Joshua Richison and Byron Schenk are the two big stacks with the other three sitting with sub-20 big blind stacks.

Seat 1: Alfred Karlsson – 2,450,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2: Joe Carrafa – 1,350,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Karthik Ramakrishnan – 2,020,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Byron Schenk – 4,750,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: Joshua Richison – 7,100,000 (44 bb)

Event 2: Paul Louis – 6th Place ($17,418)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
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Level 32: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,766

Paul Louis

The Joshua Richison Show continued. Action folded around to Paul Louis in the small blind and he moved all in for 950,000. Richison called without looking and he was live.

Louis: Ks4c
Richison: 9h5s

Louis needed to fade the two live cards but Richison paired on the Jc9s4s flop. Louis picked up a flush draw on the 8s turn but he was the next out when the river came 6d.

Joshua Richison – 8,900,000 (89 bb)
Paul Louis – Eliminated in 6th place ($17,418)

Event 2: Scott Vetter – 7th Place ($14,024)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
 | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,766

Scott Vetter

It was heads-up between Joshua Richison and Scott Vetter with the Ts9c6d3sTc board complete and more than 1,200,000 in the pot.

Richison moved all in with the bigger stack and Vetter would have to call off for his final 2,250,000. He thought for several minutes as the two talked it back and forth. It looked like Vetter was going to fold, commenting about Richison’s aggression, before he shrug-called.

Richison: JsTh
Vetter: Ah9c

Vetter’s second pair was no good against Richison’s trip tens to send him to the payout desk.

Joshua Richison – 8,600,000 (86 bb)
Scott Vetter – Eliminated in 7th place ($14,024)

Event 2: Carlo Buzzetta – 8th Place ($11,089)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
 | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,766

Carlo Buzzetta

Everyone folded around to Byron Schenk in the small blind and he moved all in. Carlo Buzetta was in the big blind with 1,300,000 and called at risk.

Schenk: 4c4h
Buzzetta: JdJs

Buzzetta was in great position to double through Schenk and the AcQh7d was safe. He faded the 3h turn but Schenk hit his two-outer on the 4s river to send him out.

Byron Schenk – 3,900,000 (39 bb)
Carlo Buzzetta – Eliminated in 8th place ($11,089)

Event 2: Josh Wasserman – 9th Place ($8,864)

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$300,000 Guaranteed
 | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,766

Josh Wasserman

Josh Wasserman open-shoved from under the gun for 960,000 and it folded around to Joshua Richison in the big blind. He asked for a count and called before it was complete.

Richison: As9c
Wasserman: JcJh

Wasserman was ahead for the double but the Ad8c5s flop but Richison in the lead. The Tc turn changed nothing and Wasserman was eliminated after the 7h river.

Joshua Richison – 4,100,000 (41 bb)
Josh Wasserman – Eliminated in 9th place ($8,864)