$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 972

The heads-up battle was long, and it went back-and-forth without either player building up too much of a lead.

With the blinds at 100,000-200,000, Loni Hui raised to 500,000, and Neil Zonenashvili called. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Zonenashvili bet 500,000, and Hui called.

The river card was the , and Zonenashvili moved all in for about 7.6 million. Hui tanked for a long time before she folded, and Zonenashvili took the pot. Zonenashvili later claimed he had two pair, and Hui said she couldn’t beat two pair.

Neil Zonenashvili  –  10,000,000  (50 bb)
Loni Hui  –  9,500,000  (48 bb)

About 15 minutes later, after the blinds increased to 125,000-250,000, and the pot was worth about 1.4 million when they went to a flop of . Zonenashvili checked, Hui bet 500,000, and Zonenashvili called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked. The river card was the , Zonenashvili checked, Hui bet 1.5 million, and Zonenashvili folded. Hui took the pot.

Loni Hui  –  11,500,000  (46 bb)
Neil Zonenashvili  –  8,000,000  (32 bb)

A minute or two later they saw a flop of , and both players checked. The turn card was the , Zonenashvili checked, Hui bet 600,000, and Zonenashvili called.

The river card was the , Zonenashvili checked, Hui bet 1.2 million, and Zonenashvili called. Hui showed to win the pot with a full house, fours full of sevens, and Zonenashvili mucked.

Loni Hui  –  13,800,000  (55 bb)
Neil Zonenashvili  –  5,700,000  (23 bb)

A minute or two later, Hui raised to 600,000, Zonenashvili moved all in for 5,675,000, and Hui waited for an exact count and thought for a while before she called with .

Zonenashvili turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for Hui to win the pot — and the title, the trophy, and $85,355 — with two pair, queens and sevens.

Neil Zonenashvili finished as the runner-up, earning $60,210.

Congratulations to Loni Hui!

1st:  Loni Hui  –  $85,355 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  Neil Zonenashvili  –  $60,210
3rd:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $39,500
4th:  Abhishek Panda  –  $29,140
5th:  Rogrigo Sardi  –  $22,085
6th:  Orlando Maldonado  –  $17,595
7th:  Stewart Yancik  –  $14,600
8th:  Dimitry Agrachov  –  $11,605
9th:  James Patterson  –  $8,675