That's when he opened and called a three-bet from Robert Castoire with blinds at 25,000/50,000/5,000, and the flop came 7 ♣ 6 ♣ 2 ♣.
He took a small lead into the televised final table over Carroll and furthered his advantage with eight left. According to the live updates, Hwang hit a two-outer with eights against nines to bust Hao Sun in 10th late on the penultimate day.