Kumar Eliminated by Ben Shushan
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Nishant Kumar had flopped top pair with the K♦8♦ on K♣9♣7♣ but still had a mountain to climb against the K♠Q♣ of Itzhak Ben Shushan. The Q♠ turn sealed his fate to make the 9♠ river a bittersweet formality.