Mermelstein called with the for top pair, top kicker, and a backdoor flush draw to be well ahead of Todd's.
Mermelstein led with a bet of 2.7 million, and Todd raised all in for slightly over 12 million. Todd called, having pulled back to much closer to even with Mermelstein, and the flop came out. With the blinds up to 250,000/500,000/75,000 in Level 37 of the tournament, Todd limped in from the button, and Mermelstein raised to 1.6 million. Under 30 hands were played between the two, and it all came to a close on the 181st hand of the final table. Pfeifer was in a world of hurt when the money went in and he could only muster two under cards with the, and the board finished him off.Īt the start of heads-up play, Mermelstein held nearly three times the chips Todd did, with stacks of 21.75 million to 7.925 million. Randy Pfeifer was next to go in third place, hitting the rail on the 153rd hand of the final table thanks to Mermelstein and his pocket kings.
His was dominating Todd's, but Todd came from behind thanks to a jack on the flop and Cunix was gone. The final four players battled for an extended period of time before Cunix's run for a second WPT title came to an end on the 120th hand of the final table.
