This match is over! After beating Ryan Young down to a shortstack Chris Moore looked at only one of his cards, the K, before putting his heads-up opponent all-in. Young only looked at one of his cards, the A, before calling.

Unfortunately for Ryan, Moore's other cards was the K, while his was the 5. Moore finished third here last year, eliminated by the eventual winner, and a victory this time around was so close he could taste it.

The board ran K T 7 6 2 and Moore's kings hold up for the title and the almost $700,000! Ryan Young is out in second for $355,020. Stay tuned for winner photos, a wrap-up blog and an interview with our winner.

Chis Moore dealt the crippler a few minutes ago and has been absolutely relentless since then, keeping Ryan Young under pressure. Young is now down to under $200,000.

In one of the first hands of heads-up play Ryan Young has been crippled in a rough set-up of a hand. Young opened from the button to $50,000 and Moore made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J 8 5 and Moore checked. Young bet out $100,000 and Moore check-raised to $400k.

Young then moved all-in and Moore snap-called, laying J 5 down on the felt. Young was behind with A J for top pair, top kicker, and would need a lot of help to win the hand. The board finished out with no help whatsoever for Young and Moore is good for the double. He's now in a commanding position with $3.2 million to Young's $500,000.

Just like Tina Turner said, only one player will be able to walk away from this thing with the title and the first-place money. Here are the counts at the beginning of this epic battle.

Ryan Young	$2,070,000
Chris Moore	$1,598,000

Blake Cahail is our third place finisher after getting caught squeezing from the big blind. Ryan Young opened the pot from the button to $60,000 and Chris Moore called in the small blind. Cahail then moved all-in from the big blind for what looked to be around $500,000. Young made the call, Moore folded, and the cards were rolled with Cahail at risk of elimination.

J J for Young was in great shape against Cahail's Q T and the A 7 5 flop did nothing to change things. The turn was the 3 and the river the 8, eliminating Blake Cahail in third place for $177,510.

Since returning from the dinner break Blake Cahail was able to take down one nice pot, re-re-raising all-in before the flop and forcing Ryan Young to surrender his $200,000 re-raise. After that though, Cahail got deep in a hand with Chris Moore and missed a great opportunity to pick up a big pot with the worst hand.

We didn't catch the action but we saw both players check it down on the river with about $300,000 in the pot. Moore showed jack-high which was surprisingly the best hand against Cahail's seven-high. Both players had been playing draws fast and shut down on the river.

That loss, along with a few others, has left Blake Cahail with less than $600,000.

Here are the counts coming back from the break.

Chris Moore	$1,350,000
Ryan Young	$1,300,000
Blake Cahail	$920,000

 

The three surviving finalists are back from dinner and ready to continue down the road to an eventual winner. Remember, we broke for food only about 20 minutes into this level so we've still got more than an hour before the blinds go up again.

The three remaining players have been sent on a dinner break and will return at 6:45 p.m to play down to a winner.

Ardavan Yazdi was another one of the relatively inactive players at this table for the last few levels and suffered the consequences a few moments ago. Chris Moore opened the pot and Yazdi moved all-in for $273,000. Blair Cahail re-shipped over the top to isolate and after Moore got out of the way it was time for a showdown with Yazdi's tournament life on the line.

We saw Cahail was in great shape with Q Q against Yazdi's 3 3 and the board changed nothing, coming J J 2 T 9. Ardavan Yazdi is out in 4th place and will take $95,855.