Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Poker has a new triple crown winner. The name, Harrison Gimbel. After a near 14-hour grind on Day 3 of Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em where Gimbel returned as the second shortest stack out of 37 players, Gimbel defeated Chance Kornuth heads-up to claim his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the last missing piece of poker's triple crown.

Gimbel earned a score of $645,922 but most importantly, he won his first WSOP gold bracelet. Kornuth received $399,132, just missing out on his second WSOP title.

Final table results:

"It was a swingy day," Gimbel said when asked about Day 3. "I was anywhere from chip leader to down to four bigs maybe 12 times I felt like in this tournament. It's nice to get a win, it's my first at the World Series. I'm happy. Chance is a hell of a player. It was a really fast heads up, I wasn't expecting that."

With the win, Gimbel more than triples his career WSOP earnings. Currently sitting at $207,606, the best of Gimbel's 19 cashes came with his deepest run when he finished fourth in a $1,500 Ante Only event back in 2012.

Entering the day at the very bottom of the leaderboard, Gimbel found aces early to double through Konstaninos Nanos and a little while after came from behind to double through Matt Salsberg finding a jack with king-jack against Salsberg's ace-ten. Gimbel then leaped up the board with a massive pot against Jia Liu. Gimbel four-bet jammed all-in with ace-eight and Liu put him at risk with ace-queen. Gimbel made a miracle straight on the turn and took over the chip lead.

Many notables fell as the field thinned before the final table. Ryan Laplante (32nd - $15,806) went out early, as did Daniel Negreanu (29th - $15,806) and Kevin Saul (28th - $15,806). Nanos (15th - $29,878) and Salsberg (13th - $29,878) made it a bit deeper but ultimately fizzled out.

Action at the final table got underway quickly. Before the official final table could even be set two players were busted on the same hand. Falling toJohn Griffin, both Florentino Coalla and James Gilbert were removed when they ran into Griffin's pocket kings.

On just the second hand of the final table, Kris Homerding fell to Chris Farmer. Twelve hands later the first of the two Brazilians were eliminated as Vinicius De Silva was busted by Griffin. Quite a while passed before the second Brazilian, Enio Bozzano departed, becoming Gimbel's first casualty.

Gimbel went right back to work taking out Farmer in fifth. One-time chip leader Griffin was the next to go; he made a move on the river after flopping a pair of aces but Kornuth flopped a set and Griffin was snuffed. Ryan Van Sanford was the last player to be eliminated before the heads-up battle began. Van Sanford got his chips in good with ace-queen but Kornuth flopped a pair with ace-jack and his run came to an end.

The heads up battle only lasted seven hands. Gimbel doubled up on the third hand to draw even and a few hands later a sick cooler ended it all. Kornuth ran pocket tens into Gimbel's pocket queens and Gimbel had Kornuth out chipped by a single ante to claim the win.

Hand #120: Chance Kornuth opened to 320,000 and folded when Harrison Gimbel three-bet shoved.

Hand #121: Gimbel opened and Kornuth folded.

Hand #122: Kornuth opened to 400,000 and called Gimbel's three-bet jam.

Gimbel:   
Kornuth:   

The board ran out       and Gimbel dodged Kornuth's flopped flush outs to score a huge double. Gimbel's all-in was for 4,660,000.

Hand #123: Gimbel bet 320,000 and Kornuth called. The flop was     and both players checked to the   on the turn. Kornuth bet and won the pot.

Hand #124: Kornuth opened to 400,000, Gimbel three-bet to 1,200,000 and Kornuth called. Gimbel bet 500,000 on the     flop and Kornuth folded.

Hand #125: Kornuth got a walk.

Harrison Gimbel	10,120,000	8,120,000
Chance Kornuth	10,100,000	-4,900,000

Hand #109: Harrison Gimbel moved all in and won the pot.

Hand #110: Chance Kornuth got a walk.

Hand #111: Kornuth limped the small blind and Gimbel checked. The flop was     and a bet from Kornuth took the pot.

Hand #112: Kornuth moved all in and won the pot.

Hand #113: Kornuth got a walk.

Hand #114: Kornuth shoved and Gimbel called. Kornuth had    and Gimbel   . The board ran out       and Ginbel doubled up.

Hand #115: Kornuth shoved from the button and won.

Hand #116: Van Sanford moved all in and won the pot.

Hand #117: Kornuth made it 480,000 from the small blind and took the pot.

Hand #118: Kornuth opened for 320,000 and folded to a Gimbel shove.

Hand #100: Ryan Van Sanford open-jammed all-in from the small blind and Chance Kornuth called in the big blind.

Van Sanford:   
Kornuth:   

The board ran out       and Van Sanford scored the double up. His all-in was for 1,585,000.

Hand #101: Kornuth took down the pot with a bet on the     flop.

Hand #102: Kornuth opened to 435,000 and won the pot.

Hand #103: Kornuth opened and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #104: Kornuth was given a walk.

Hand #105: Van Sanford open-jammed and won the pot.

Hand #106: Van Sanford was given a walk.

Hand #107: Harrison Gimbel limped and Kornuth checked. The flop was     and Kornuth bet 120,000. Gimbel called. The   fell on the turn and both checked to the   on the river. Kornuth bet 245,000 and won the pot.

Hand #108: Kornuth opened to 405,000 and Gimbel called. The flop was    , and both players checked, getting the   for free. Kornuth bet 600,000 and Gimbel called. The   completed the board and Kornuth bet 1,000,000 and Gimbel called. Kornuth tabled    and Gimbel mucked.

Chance Kornuth	15,000,000	7,000,000
Ryan Van Sanford	3,000,000	340,000
Harrison Gimbel	2,000,000	0

Hand #92: Chance Kornuth opened to 240,000 and folded when Ryan Van Sanford moved all in.

Hand #93: John Griffin opened to 275,000 from the button, and Kornuth called from the big blind. The flop was [kjhac5d], and Kornuth check-folded.

Hand #94: Griffin made it 250,000 and took the pot.

Hand #95: Kornuth raised to 260,000 and won the pot.

Hand #96: Griffin opened to 275,000 from the small blind, and Van Sanford called from the big blind. The flop was    , and Griffin check-called a bet of 175,000. They both checked the   turn, and on the   river, Griffin checked. Van Sanford bet 425,000, then folded to a shove from Griffin.

Hand #97: Kornuth got a walk.

Hand #98: Griffin made it 275,000 and folded to a raise from Kornuth.

Hand #81: Harrison Gimbel opened to 240,000 and called a three-bet to 500,000 from John Griffin. They checked it all the way down as the board ran out      , and the    of Gimbel was good.

Hand #82: Griffin opened for 350,000 and won the antes and blinds.

Hand #83: Chance Kornuth opened for 260,000 and got a call from Griffin. The flop was    , and Griffin check-folded to a bet from Kornuth.

Hand #84: Kornuth opened and then folded to a shove from Ryan Van Sanford.

Hand #85: Griffin made it 325,000, and Kornuth called in the big blind. The flop was    . Kornuth checked, and Griffin bet 325,000. Kornuth raised to 685,000 but folded when Griffin re-raised to 2,285,000.

Hand #66: John Griffin opened for 250,000 and won the antes and blinds.

Hand #67: Chance Kornuth opened for 210,000 and Harrison Gimbel moved all in for 1,200,000 and Kornuth called. Gimbel showed    and Kornuth   . The board ran out       and Gimbel got a double up.

Hand #68: Kornuth opened for 230,000 and Griffin called in the small blind. The flop was     and they both checked. The turn card was the   and a bet of 300,000 from Kornuth took the pot,

Hand #69: Ryan Van Sanford limped the small blind and folded to a raise from Kornuth.

Hand #70: Griffin made it 250,000 and Gimble called. The flop was     and Gimble check called 400,000. The turn was the   and Gimble laid it down to a 600,000 bet.

Hand #71: Gimble limped the small blind and folded to a raise from Griffin.

Hand #72: Kornuth opened for 230,000 and Van Sanford moved all in and took the pot.

Hand #73: Griffin raised and took the antes and blinds.

Hand #74: Kornuth made it 285,000 and Gimble in the small blind moved all in and took the pot.

Hand #75: Kornuth made it 220,000 and Griffin called. They got to the turn of a board reading      and a bet of 250,000 from Kornuth got a call. The river was the   and Griffin check-folded to a bet of 685,000.

Hand #54: John Griffin made it 350,000 and took the pot.

Hand #55: Chance Kornuth opened the action and won the antes and blinds.

Hand #56: Kornuth opened, and Ryan Van Sanford defended his big blind. The flop was    , and Van Sanford check-called a bet of 180,000. The turn was the  , and a bet of 800,000 from Kornuth saw Van Sanford lay it down.

Hand #57: Harrison Gimbel opened to 200,000 from the cutoff, and Griffin re-raised to 700,000 on the button. Gimbel moved all in, and Griffin called. Gimbel had   , and Griffin tabled   . The board ran out      , and Griffin got a huge double-up.

Hand #58: Kornuth limped in the small blind, and Gimbel checked.

The flop was    , and Kornuth check-called a bet of 100,000. On the   turn, Kornuth check-raised a bet of 200,000 to 600,000, and Gimbel called. Kornuth led on the   river for 885,000, and Gimbel called but mucked when Kornuth showed    for two pair.

John Griffin	8,000,000	3,950,000
Harrison Gimbel	3,000,000	-4,150,000

Hand #44: John Griffin raised from the small blind and took the pot.

Hand #45: Griffin opened and won the antes and blinds.

Hand #46: Ryan Van Sanford opened for 180,000 from the button and called a shove from Harrison Gimbel. Van Sanford had   , and it was a flip versus the    of Gimbel. The board ran out      , and Van Sanford got a double.

Hand #47: Chance Kornuth opened to 160,000, and Griffin defended in the big blind.

The flop was    , and Griffin check-called a bet of 200,000. The turn was the  , and Griffin led for 400,000. Hornuth responded by moving all in, and Griffin called after some talk.

Kornuth tabled    for the flopped straight, while Griffin had   . The river was the  , and Kornuth doubled up.

Hand #48: Kornuth made it 200,000, and Van Sanford defended the big blind. The flop was    , and Van Sanford check-called a bet of 175,000. They both checked the   turn and the   river, and the    of Van Sanford took the pot.

Harrison Gimbel	6,900,000	-2,000,000
John Griffin	6,800,000	-300,000
Ryan Van Sanford	4,900,000	3,400,000
Chance Kornuth	4,000,000	2,000,000