Kitchen sends Michailidis Into the Tank
In a family pot, on a board reading 
, Brandon Aaron Kitchen checked from the small blind, as did Jeff Cuccurullo from the big blind, Anatoly Zharnitsky from under the gun, Eric Portelance from the cutoff and Said Michailidis on the button.
The turn was the 
and Kitchen led out for 2,225,000. Everyone folded to Michailidis on the button and he thought for about a minute before calling.
The river was the 
. Kitchen paused for a short while before slowly sliding out a bet worth 3,975,000. Michailidies pulled out all of the stops while he was in the tank. He cut out chips, while staring Kitchen down, and even spoke to him with the hopes he would get some information. Kitchen was a vault as he stared straight ahead while getting a mssage.
Eventually, Michailidis folded. "Nice hand. I think you had a hot ten."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,300,000 | 4,200,000 |
|
16,500,000 | 5,700,000 |