Yashar Darian Eliminated in 2nd Place ($305,009)
On the very first hand of heads up play, Jason Somerville raised his button to 125,000. Yashar Darian three-bet to 350,000. Somerville thought for a bit before counting out chips to make a 950,000 raise. Just as he was sliding this chips in, Darian announced that he was all in and Somerville snapped him off.
Somerville:
Darian:
Although Somerville had the chip lead entering heads up play, this pot was for about 90% of the chips and would more or less determine a champion. The flop came out and Somerville wouldn't win his first bracelet without a sweat. The turn was the but he still had to dodge five outs. The river bricked with the and Darian finished just one short of the bracelet.