The hands have started to go in Derek Sudell’s favor the last 15 mins or so. Recently Sudell raised on the button to 80k and Joe “Worm” Palma called.
Flop: 2d8d9d Worm bets 60k and Sudell calls
TurnL 9c both players check
River 10c Worm checks, Sudell bets 360k and Worm calls
Sudell turns over his 67 for a rivered straight and Worm mucks his cards
Pre flop, Joe “Worm” Palma raised to 80k from the button, Derek Sudell re-raised to 330k and Worm called.
Flop: 2h9hJd Sudell checks Worm bets 180k and Sudell calls
Turn: Kd both players check
River: 8h Sudell checks, Worm bets 435k and Sudell calls
Worm shows 710cc for a straight and Sudell mucks his cards.
Worm has made some traction the first part of heads up play and picked up several pots vs Derek Sudell. He recently crossed the 2M chip mark to close the gap of Sudells 5 to 1 chip lead to about 2.5 to 1.
Heads up Play has begun with Derek Sudell having about a 5 to 1 chip lead on Joe “Worm” Palma
| Seat | First | Last | Chip Count |
| 4 | Derek | Sudell | 5.94M |
| 7 | Joseph | Palma | 1.26M |
Pre flop Derek Sudell raised to 60k, Dillon Ott re-raised to 180k, Sudell went all in, and Ott called for his final approx 800k.
Sudell: A9
Ott: QQ
The flop immediately gave Sudell 2 pair and held to win the hand and eliminate Ott in 3rd Place for $20,286
Pre flop Dillon Ott went all in on the SB for 375k, called by chip leader Derek Sudell in the BB.
Ott: Q5
Sudell: A5hh
Flop: 5h4d8h giving Ott a pair of 5’s to Sudell’s 4’s but giving Sudell the nut flush draw, along with an A or another 4 to win the hand.
Sudell bricks his 14 outs with the board running out 8c Kd for Ott to win the hand and double up.
A few hands later Sudell opened to 60k on the Button, Joe “Worm” Palma raised to 65k, and Ott moved all in. Worm thought for a minute then folded showing his AJ.
The first half of level 22 James Hundt had gotten tangled in a couple pots he was on the losing end of, one just before he 3 bet jammed from the SB. Joe “Worm” Palma raised to 60k first to act, but it was chip leader Derek Sudell in the BB who made the quick call for Hundt’s final 810k.
Hundt: AJ
Sudell: QQ
Board: K73 2 2 for Sudell to hold up and knock out Hundt in 4th plae for $14,490.
Pre flop Joe “Worm” Palma was all in vs Dillon Ott.
Worm:AJ
Ott: AK
Board came out Qx7 7 Q to give both players queens and sevens with an Ace to chop the pot.
The final 4 are on break. Updated chip counts below:
| Seat | First | Last | Chip Count |
| 1 | James | Hundt | 1.575M |
| 4 | Derek | Sudell | 4.03M |
| 7 | Joseph | Palma | 685K |
| 8 | Dillon | Ott | 915K |
pre flop Dillon Ott raised to 50K and Angel Lopez moved all in on the button for his final approximately 400k. After asking for a count and having him just slightly covered, Ott makes the call.
Ott: JJ
Lopez: AQ
The board misses Lopez for Ott’s jacks to hold and eliminate Lopez in 5th place for $11,178
