Shalom Elharar, on the big blind, faced an all-in bet for Pierre-Paul Paulin's last 7,325,000, with the board reading . Elharar contemplated for a few moments before making the call.
Pierre-Paul Paulin:
Shalom Elharar:
The open-ended straight draw did not complete for Paulin on the river, and Shalom is up over the 50-million chip mark,
With on the board, Shalom Elharar put his massive stack to work from the big blind. going all in and having Kenneth Golden in the small blind well covered. The clock had just turned for the dinner break, and with just the two players left at the table Elharar asked Golden if he wanted to finish in 10th, or save his chips.
Golden eventually made the call.
Kenneth Golden:
Shalom Elharar:
Elaharar found the spade he needed on the river of a runout, and Golden headed for the exit.
Hand #1 Mark Strodl raised from under the gun to 1,600,000 and won the hand.
Hand #2: Liran Betito raised to 2,000,000 from middle position, Marco Guibert shoved all in for just 2,225,000 from the small blind and Betito called.
Guibert:
Betito:
Guibert's aces held and he doubled up.
Hand #3: Ying Fu raised to 1,525,000 from under the gun. Liran Betito, Fernando Karam, and Mark Strodl all called. On the flop checked to Betito in middle position who bet 2,500,000. Only Strodl called. Action checked through the turn and river .