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Mr. 10-5 Himself
Kelly Kim opened for 275,000, Brandon Cantu reraised to 950,000, and Dean Hamrick moved all in. The crowd let out an "Ooooooooooh!" and got on their feet as the action came back to Kim. Kim let his hand go and it was Cantu's turn to tank. Cantu thought for well over five minutes (Tim Loecke getting knocked out in the meantime) before saying "I call."
Cantu
Hamrick
There was mass disbelief and gasps from the crowd as Cantu rolled over his hand.
The flop was and Cantu flopped a pair of fives. The turn was the , a bad card for Cantu as Hamrick made aces up. Cantu paced in back of the table looking resigned to his fate as his entourage called for a five. The river, though was the and Cantu made two pair, but it was no matter-- Hamrick's aces and eights were best and he raked in the massive pot.
Cantu was down to 2.4 million after the hand while Hamrick was up to 5.5 million. Cantu is now the tournament's shortest stack.