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Farshad Rousta started the final table second in chips, but after doubling up Erika Weinstein and Moshe Manzur, he found himself as the short stack. Rousta shoved all in from early position, and two spots over, Ben Nguyen shoved all in for more. Brian Freeman was next to act, and, having everyone covered, moved all in over the top. The rest of the table folded, and the cards were tabled.

Freeman: [Kd][Kc]

Nguyen: [Ah][10ds]

Rousta: [As][3s]

Freeman was in great shape to score the double knockout, but the dealer had other plans in mind, as the flop came down [Ad][10h][2d]. Freeman was looking for a two outer or runner runner, and while the [6d] on the turn helped, the [6s] on the river ended things.

Nguyen scored a massive pot to get to over 900,000, while Freeman lost over half his stack, and Rousta was eliminated in 8th place.