Hands #1-3: Final Nine Players

Hand #1: Oleg Ivanchenko raises to 65,000 and Yuanting Wang three-bets the button to 185,000. Malcolm Trayner four-bets to 385,000 in the small blind and Ivanchenko folds.

Wang moves all-in and Trayner uses two time banks to fold. After the hand, the blinds increase to 15,000-30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000.

Hand #2: Daniel Murphy opens to 75,000 and James Obst calls in the next seat, as does Travis Endersby in the big blind. The flop is checked by Endersby, Murphy bets 105,000 and wins the pot.

Hand #3: Murphy raises to 75,000 once more, Obst calls and so does Gautam Dhingra in the big blind. The flop is checked to Obst and he bets 75,000. Only Murphy calls and they check through the turn.

Murphy bets the river for 175,000 and Obst folds.

“Two big hands in a row,” Murphy tells Obst with a smirk on the face.

Seat 1. Malcolm Trayner – 800,000 (27 bb)
Seat 4. Gautam Dhingra – 625,000 (21 bb)
Daniel Murphy – 2,575,000 (86 bb)
Seat 8. James Obst – 5,140,000 ( 71 bb)
Seat 9. Yuanting Wang – 3,750,000 (125 bb)