The World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table is heads-up after a one-two punch sent Kenny Hallaert and Braxton Dunaway to the rail in the first hands of the day.
It was more of the same elite card distribution for Michael Mizrachi, who has been an unstoppable force with no immovable object in sight. He will enter heads-up play with almost every single chip on the table after he pledged to take less than an hour to finish the tournament.
Blink and you missed it
First up was Hallaert, who entered the day on a short stack of just 19 million with blinds at 1M/2.5M/2.5M. It all went in on the first hand. Mizrachi called, and the cards were flipped over.
- Kenny Hallaert:
- Michael Mizrachi:
The flop of 
was relatively innocent, but a 
on the turn hit Hallaert like a ton of bricks. The river was 
and that was it for the Belgian pro, who earned $3 million just for showing up.
One hand later, Mizrachi shoved, and the new short stack, Braxton Dunaway, called from the big blind.
This time Mizrachi was ahead with 
to Dunaway's 
.
A runout of 
sealed Dunaway's fate, but not before he added $4 million to his bank account. "Once Kenny goes out, the ICM pressure is off of me," he told us after his exit.
"I already had five million in the pot. I only had like 19 million left. I mean, could I have waited for a different spot in hindsight? Of course, you can always say that when you don't win or when it doesn't work out. But at the end of the day, I'm not upset with my decision."
Nick Schulman on comms said, "You know I don't love that call with the ten-six."
60 minutes not 60 seconds
Players have stepped away while the stacks of money are delivered to the table. Mizrachi will enter heads-up play with 491 million (almost all of the chips in play.)
"I told them 60 minutes, not 60 seconds," Mizrachi said in the aftermath of the first two knockouts. He'd predicted it would be over in an hour. You wouldn't bet against that now.
John Wasnock, an investment consultant from Washington, will be the one to try and stop him. He currently has 93,500,000, and a double-up would see him right back in it.
