Chandihok Out; Kitajima Huge

Hayato Kitajima raised it up and Mitan Chandihok defended his big blind. The flop came and after a Chandihok check, Kitajima made it 55,000.

Chandihok check-raised to 127,000 and Kitajima called. The turn brought the scary and another check from Chandihok. Kitajima led for 79,000 and Chandihok check-raised again, this time going all in for 452,000 total, having Kitajima barely covered.

Kitajima called with and Chandihok was on a naked bluff, holding . After the river a 1,200,000-chip pot was shipped to Kitajima and Chandihok was left super short.

They redrew for seats in the final 18 and Chandihok got it in a hand later for less than a min-raise, facing a Terry Fan open. Iona Finkenrath also called and they checked down an board to the river. Fan bet, Finkenrath folded and Tan's was good enough to send Chandihok and his to the rail.