Champ Rob Hollink (ImageMasters)

Rob won back-to-back pots. In the first, he made trip 8s, getting action all the way to showdown. In the second, he again got action all the way and won with two pair. After those pots, Rob was back up to 3.8 million to Jerrod’s 800k.

Rob won another pot making a wheel with his deuce. Then he won another pot with a four-flush on the board – he held the 4 of that suit. Jerrod was down to 350k.

Play continued into Level 25: Blinds 30k/60k, Limits 60k/120k.

Rob raised and Jerrod re-raised, committing the last of his chips. Rob held A5 and was ahead of Jerrod’s T7. The board came A 5 4 3 Q and it is over!

Rob Hollink finished in 1st place, earning $496,931 and his first WSOP bracelet.

Jerrod Ankenman finished in 2^nd place, earning $307,380.

Play continued after dinner in Level 24: Blinds 25k/50k, Limits 50k/100k.

Jerrod raised and Rob re-raised. Tommy hit it again and Jerrod decided to get out of the way. Rob capped it and Tommy called. Flop was J T 5 rainbow. Rob bet, Tommy raised all-in with his last chips and Rob called, showing pocket ducks. Tommy held AK and Rob’s deuces were, surprisingly, ahead. Then a Queen hit he board, just the gutter-ball Tommy needed to make Broadway and double up.

Jerrod raised, Rob re-raised, and Jerrod called. Flop was K T 7. Rob bet and Jerrod called. Turn was a 2. Rob fired, Jerrod raised, and Rob made the call. River was a King. Rob checked, Jerrod bet, and Rob called. Jerrod showed J8 for nothing but a busted gutshot draw. Rob rolled over pocket 5s to drag the huge pot.

Rob raised and Tommy called. On the flop of 9 5 2 rainbow, Rob fired and Tommy called. Turn was a Queen. Rob checked, Tommy fired, and Rob raised. Tommy paused a bit, but finally called. River was a 6. Rob fired and Tommy made the crying call. Rob showed AQ for the pair of Queens and Tommy mucked – he was left severely short-stacked.

Tommy raised, Rob popped it, and Tommy committed his last chips, showing 98 offsuit. Rob’s KQ off was ahead. The flop came 8 7 3 giving Tommy the pair and the lead, but a Queen came on the turn giving Rob the bigger pair and the lead. Tommy’s hopes for survival were hanging on the river card being a 9 or 8. No such miracle occurred, however. The river was a Jack and Tommy was jacked.

Tommy Hang finished in 3^rd place, earning $194,674.

Heads-up play has begun. Rob has a significant chip lead with 3.4 million to Jerrod’s 900k.

Rob raised, Jerrod called. Flop came T 5 4. Jerrod checked, Rob bet, Jerrod raised, and Ron called. Turn was a Queen and Jerrod fired. Rob called. River was a King and Jerrod fired again. Rob raised and Jerrod called all-in with his few remaining chips, rolling over T5 for two pair. Rob mucked and Jerrod doubled up.

Jerrod has continued to take more than his share of pots since getting heads-up. He raised again pre-flop and got Rob to call him all the way to the river, where he showed two-pair to win yet another pot. Jerrod has pulled almost even with Rob.

Jerrod raised and Rob called. On the A 8 6 rainbow flop, Jerrod fired again and Rob called. Betting was the same on the 3 turn and 7 river. Jerrod rolled over A6 for two pair on the flop and Rob mucked.

Rob flopped top pair and bet it all the way to the river with Tommy calling the whole way and mucking when he saw the bad news.

About 9:15, players were sent on a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume about 10:15pm.

Play continued into Level 23: Blinds 20k/40k, Limits 40k/80k.

Still a lot of raise/fold, bet/fold poker going on.

Tommy raised and Aaron called. On the flop of 6 5 4, Tommy bet, Aaron raised, and Tommy called. Turn was a 2 and Aaron bet, Tommy raised, and Aaron called. River was a 7 and both checked. Tommy showed pocket Tens and Aaron mucked, leaving himself very short.

After Jerrod raised and Aaron called all-in, Rob came along for the ride. Jerrod and Rob checked down the board of A T 4 5 J. Jerrod took the pot with Queen-high, sending Aaron to the rail,

Aaron Katz finished in 4^th place, earning $158,813.

Tommy three-bet Jerrod and they took a flop of A 9 3. Tommy fired and Jerrod called. The turn was a 6 and Tommy check-raised Jerrod, who proceeded to four-bet. Tommy called and then bet the last of his chips in the dark. River was a 4 and Jerrod called, showing A3 for two pair. Tommy tabled A9 for a better two-pair to take the pot and double-up.

Rob took Tommy to the river and showed top pair, which was good to take the pot. Jerrod then led Rob to the river, showing his flopped two pair which was good to ship the pot to Jerrod.

Play resumed after the break with Level 22: Blinds 15k/30k, Limits 30k/60k.

There has been a lot of ‘raise and take it’ poker going on, with not very many showdowns.

On a K 9 x flop, JC Tran got all in and called by Jerrod. JC held K9 for two pair and was crushing Jerrod’s K8. Jerrod’s only hope to bust JC was running 8s, but that didn’t happen and JC doubled up, yet again.

Aaron raised and JC called. On the K T 6 flop, Aaron bet and JC called. Turn was a 5 and both checked. River was a 7 and Aaron fired; JC called. Aaron showed 98 for the straight made with the gutter-ball on the river to take the pot.

Aaron flopped a straight and got action from Tommy all the way to the river.

JC raised it up and Rob called. The flop was Q 7 3 – all spades – and Rob bet. JC called. Turn was the K . Rob fired and JC put his last chips in. The river was the K . Rob showed the J for the flush. JC mucked and headed for the rail.

JC Tran finished in 5^th place, earning $128,075.

Tommy took a pot with pocket Aces after getting action from Rob all the way to the river.

With four players remaining, Jerrod is the chip leader with ~1.47 million chips.

Jerrod, Aaron, and Rob called three bets each to see the flop of Q 4 4 . Rob fired, Jerrod raised, Aaron hit it again, and Rob four-bet. Jerrod folded and Aaron called. Turn was the 3 . Rob bet and Aaron called. River was the A . Rob fired again and Aaron made the crying call. Rob rolled over pocket Queens for the full house (flopped) -- Aaron mucked his pocket Kings face up.

JC got his chips all-in against Aaron and doubled-up, again.

Jerrod raised and Brock re-raised, putting his last chips in. Jerrod made the call showing A9 off. Brock held Q8 suited and would need help to survive. The board came T 5 5 7 4 and Jerrod's Ace-high was good.

Brock Parker finished in 6th place, earning $102,460.

At the end of level 21, the final five were sent on a 20-minute break. Play will resume about 7:05pm.

Andy, JC, and Aaron all put in four bets pre-flop. On the flop of 7 6 2, they each put in three bets. When a Jack hit the turn, JC bet, Aaron raised, Andy folded, and JC called. River was a 5. Aaron bet and JC called, showing pocket Kings. Aaron showed pocket Aces to take the pot.

Aaron flopped a straight and lost the pot to Rob when the board double-paired to give Rob a full house. Aaron then took a pot from Tommy when he turned a flush.

At the end of level 20, players took a 20 minute break, then resumed play with Level 21: Blinds 13k/25k, Limits 25k/50k.

Andy folded on the turn surrendering a pot to Rob and leaving himself short-stacked. He then got all-in against Jerrod and doubled up. Andy then got all-in against with AT, getting action from Aaron, who held A9. Andy doubled up again.

Andy lost a pot to Aaron, leaving himself very short again and was all in on the next hand against Rob.  Andy held J3 and was actually ahead of Rob's 98 suited.  The the board came A T 2 7 8 and Rob caught a pair on the river to send Andy packing.

Andy Bloch finished in 7th place, earning $81,968.

Tommy raised and Aaron hit it again. Tommy called and the flop came Q Q 4. Aaron fired in the dark before the flop was seen and once he saw it, Tommy called. Turn was an 8 and again Aaron fired and Tommy called. River was a Jack and against Aaron fired and Tommy called. Aaron showed pocket 9s and Tommy had him notched with pocket Tens to take the pot.

Play continued into Level 20: Blinds 10k/2k with Limits 20k/40k.

Cy took a 200k+ pot from Aaron when his pocket Aces held up. Then Brock got his last chips in on the flop of J T 2 rainbow against Cy. Brock held AT and had caught a pair to take the lead from Cy's AK. The last two cards were blanks and Brock doubled up.

Tommy caught Broadway on the river with his JT to take a pot from Cy. Brock flopped a set and turned a full house to take a pot from Aaron.

Jerrod got all his chips in pre-flop and called by Rob and Cy. On the flop of A K 3 rainbow, Rob fired and Cy folded, leaving himself short-stacked. Rob held pocket Tens and was crushed by Jerrod's pocket Queens. The last two were bricks and Jerrod tripled up.

Cy got his chips in on the next hand, called by Rob and Tommy. On the flop of K 9 6, Tommy fired and Rob got out of the way. Tommy's pocket Queens had Cy's A2 in bad shape. Last two were 5 7 and Cy was busted.

Cy Jassinowsky finished in 8th place, earning $66,599.

Play got underway about 3:10pm with Level 18: Blinds 6k/12k with Limits 12k/24k. Only about 7 minutes remained in that level. Then play continued into Level 19: Blinds 8k/15k, Limits 15k/30k.

JC raised, Andy re-raised, and JC made the call to see the flop of T 7 5. JC checked, Andy fired, JC raised, and Andy called. Turn was an 8 and JC bet, Andy raised, and JC re-raised which put him all in. Andy called, showing pocket 6s. JC rolled over K7 for a pair of 7s. River was a Queen and JC doubled up.

Chris Vitch moved his last 22k in and Aaron Katz made the call (small blind) with 83 offsuit. Chris held Q9 off and was ahead, but the board came K 7 4 2 8 and the river card gave Aaron a pair and gave Chris the boot.

Chris Vitch finished in 9th place, earning $51,230.

Cy moved his last chips in dark with a board of J J 7 5. The river was an 8 and Jerrod called, showing KJ for trip jacks. Cy held AJ for trip jacks with a better kicker and doubled up.

Official chip counts and seat assignments for the start of the final table: