Unfortunately for Davis, a 44-year-old attorney from Toledo, Ohio, the board ran out 10 ♣ 3 ♣ 2 ♠ A ♦ 4 ♥, and Bacon’s pair of aces took down the pot. The next elimination didn’t occur until Hand #63, which took place in Level 18 (30,000/60,000/10,000), when Mark Davis got his stack in holding the Q ♦ Q ♥ and was ahead of Adam Bacon’s A ♥ Q ♠. Mudduluru, a 30-year-old program analyst from Lansing, Michigan, finished in eighth place for $17,882. The beat was especially brutal as the killing stroke came on the river as the board ran out K ♦ 6 ♠ 4 ♠ 7 ♥ K ♥. Unfortunately, Mudduluru’s momentum would be short lived as he was eliminated 10 hands later after his A ♥ A ♦ was cracked by the K ♣ Q ♥ of Rudy Ballard in an all-in confrontation. The 7 ♣ turn was of no consequence, but the J ♥ river was as Mudduluru hit his flush to send Ngo home in ninth place.
Ngo, a 36-year-old mechanical engineer from Commerce Township, Michigan, got a little help when the K ♣ 6 ♥ 5 ♥ flop gave him the lead with a pair of kings, but Mudduluru did pick up a flush draw.
