After playing down to three-handed very quickly, the game ground to a near-halt. It took almost 3 hours to play from three to a winner, and that was despite the fina three making a deal about 90 minutes in.
Trevor Emir-Ahmet was an early leader in the game, but once they got three-ways and blinds started climbing, the chips started moving around. All three players had the lead at some point, but once Benny Sarnelli sent Bernice McLennan to the rail in 3rd place, Emir-Ahmet found himself on the bottom end of the counts, with Sarnelli on top.
That changed when Emir-Ahmet shoved with a suited king and Sarnelli called with queen-ten of clubs. Sarnelli flopped a flush draw but then bricked the runout to leave the high-high best. That gave Emir-Ahmet a slight lead, and he chipped Sarnelli down a bit more before the final confrontation.
By the time it all ended, there were less than 30 big blinds in play, and Sarnelli had only about four of them in his stack. He called a button shove from Emir-Ahmet with seven-six of hearts against ace-four off. Once again, Sarnelli flopped a flush draw, and, once again, he bricked the runout while Emir-Ahmet found trip fours on the turn and held for his first PPT trophy.
