Ronnie Bardah and
Chris Lindh were among those cashing but missing the final table as they were felted in the penultimate round, while 2018 bracelet winner
Dan Matsuzuki made the final table but got bounced in fifth.
Pupillo and Firebaugh, the two start-of-day leaders, made it to heads-up play deep-stacked. While Pupillo was able to get close to square, he d have to settle for second when Firebaugh shoved a five-high combo draw and got there against Pupillo s top pair. The well-traveled Arizona resident settled for $50K in a year that s seen him scrape together $300K in cashes in spite of the pandemic.