ERICK LINDGREN: It was a very stacked final table and I really wanted the bracelet. I know to value those opportunities more so than the average person, because some of my efforts at final tables haven’t been as good as I would have liked.

Just two hands in Erick Lindgren increased his stack to 439,000 when his Queens held up against Isaac Haxton’s A-K. Haxton was the first out, but three others dropped in quick succession and, noticeably, Bonomo and Lindgren kept out of each other’s way.

EL: It was an interesting dynamic because it was half limit and half no-limit, but the really good limit players busted out early and that’s where my background is.