Hands #16-20: Josh Kay Applies Pressure

Hand #16: Alexander Yen opens to 400,000 under the gun and everybody folds, earning him the pot.

Hand #17: Omar Lakhdari raises to 3 million under the gun and everybody folds, earning him the pot.

Hand #18: Action folds to Yen in the small blind and he completes. Lakhdari checks his option in the big blind and the flop comes . Yen checks, Lakhdari bets 250,000, and Yen folds. Lakhdari wins the pot.

Hand #19: Nicholas Verderamo raises to 500,000 under the gun and everybody folds, earning him the pot.

Hand #20: Josh Kay raises to 425,000 under the gun and action folds around to Verderamo, who defends his big blind. The flop comes and Verderamo checks. Kay continuation-bets 500,000 and Verderamo calls.

The turn comes and Verderamo checks again. Kay fires a second barrel of 1.1 million and Verderamo quickly calls once more. The river falls and Verderamo checks a third time. Kay bets 2.5 million and Verderamo shoots his cards to the muck, earning Kay the pot with his river bet.