At 1:00pm Pacific Time from the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday, Sam KingKobeMVPStein (pictured) will face off against Davide Suriano in the finals of a $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker. The stakes are high, as the winner gets $335,000 and a bracelet, while the runner-up is “stuck” with a consolation prize of $207,000.

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Stein’s road to the finals included wins over David Schnettler, Bryn BrynKenneyKenney, Sam Trickett, Max Silver, and two “Scotts,” Scott Baumstein and Scott Davies. Suriano topped Scott Seiver, Dan Cates, Shane Moran, Serkan Kurnaz, Ankush pistons87 Mandavia, and Daniel Colman en route to the finals.

Coverage on WSOP.com detailed what went down in the memorable semifinal match between Stein and Davies: “In the semifinal match, Stein trailed Davies for quite some time, but a huge cooler turned things around. In a set-over-set situation, Stein grabbed the lead, and while Davies doubled back up once, he was unable to come back.”

Stein gleefully Tweeted after play ended on Friday night in Sin City, “Won my Final 4 match! Noon tomorrow heads-up for the bracelet!!”

The Californian won his lone WSOP bracelet three years ago in a $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha event for $420,000; that tournament saw him defeat eventual November Niner Ben Benba Lamb heads-up. Since then, Stein has not made the final table of a WSOP event at the Rio, but did finish seventh in the WSOP National Championship in 2012 for $61,000. Suriano has three cashes on his career WSOP resume that combine for $15,000.

Also on Saturday, Ryan 530jackJaconetti (pictured, image courtesy PokerPages) is one of three players left in Event #39 of the WSOP, a $3,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament. Jacob Schindler and Jaconetti have virtually the same chip stack (3.8 million and 3.4 million, respectively), while Sean Dempsey, who like Jaconetti is from Las Vegas, has 1.6 million.

The stacks heading into Saturday’s three-handed finale could have been wildly different, but Jaconetti doubled up on the final hand of the day after getting it in with aces against Schindler’s A-4 of spades. The board fell Q-K-2-7-J, giving Jaconetti a critical double up.

The winner of Event #39 takes home $548,000 and a bracelet, while second place gets $339,000 and third place receives $212,000. Here are the stacks, with the blinds ending at 40,000-80,000-10,000:

1. Jacob Schindler – 3,860,000
2. Ryan 530jackJaconetti – 3,410,000
3. Sean Dempsey – 1,660,000

Finally, Event #41, a $1,500 Dealer’s Choice Six-Max tournament, has 10 players remaining. And when we say “players,” we mean some of the top poker minds in the world. 2007 bracelet winnerRobert Mizrachi (pictured) leads the pack, which is vying for the first ever Dealer’s Choice bracelet awarded at the WSOP. Half of the final 10 has already won a WSOP event.

WSOP coverage detailed the pot that helped put Mizrachi over the top: “Mizrachi won a key hand late in Pot Limit Omaha. Brandon Cantu jammed his last 30,000 or so into a monster pot after Kc-3s-2c flopped. Mizrachi called after another player folded and he managed to run down Cantu’s Ad-Qd-3d-Ks with Jc-10c-10d-9d, nailing a flush on the turn and fading Cantu’s boat outs on the river. Cantu had to settle for 11th.”

Here’s how the final 10 look:

1. Robert Mizrachi – 390,500
2. Aaron Schaff – 332,000
3. Daniel Idema – 260,000
4. Arthur Morris – 204,500
5. Bill Chen – 185,500
6. Shane Abbott – 157,500
7. Frank Kassela – 153,000
8. Marco CrazyMarco Johnson – 87,000
9. Jen Harman – 60,500
10. Melissa Burr – 55,500

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