After a few hands at the final table, Seyedrohollah Ettewadi was the first to fall under the crushing weight of the chip leaders at the table. It was obvious that they were taking no prisoners, all undeniably eager for the eight tickets up for grabs.
In the end, all it took was a few orbits. Nursing a very short stack, Shahin Noroouzian had no choice but to push his chips forward and hope for the best. Holding
, Shahin could definitely work with that, especially when the only player who called him turned over his hand. Trevor Delaney had a huge mound of chips and decided to try to end it all by calling Shahin with
.
In a classic demonstration of Lady Luck’s whimsical nature; the flop would be all that was needed to put a stop to the satellite.
Board:
deuces and fours for Delaney; the rail for Shahin
Shahin takes the 9th position ($100) and the remaining players are the lucky recipients of the much-coveted MILLIONS Main Event tickets.
Congratulations to all the winners:
- Trevor Delaney
- Samuel Chartier
- Mohammed Besbas
- Eddie Daldalian
- Zheng-Yi Xie
- Samuel Tsehai
- Yannick Labattaglia
- Ami Alibay