Kings Again For Rast; Shak Busto
Dan Shak just busted in a massive pot in which Brian Rast woke up with pocket kings once again.
Rast had put 425,000 on top of Dan Shak's initial raise when we arrived on the scene. Shak moved all in for just under four-million chips and Rast made the call.
Dan Shak showed 
and was trailing Rast's 
.
The board ran out 
, and Shak was eliminated.
After Shak left the table we overheard him say the following.
"He can only call with a very big hand there, he has to fold a lot of hands," Shak said as he was very disappointed with being eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,400,000
3,600,000
|
3,600,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
and Philipp Gruissem bet 450,000. Guy Laliberté folded his cards and Brandon Steven called from the button.
and Gruissem fired out 925,000. Steven folded and Gruissem took it down.
.
and Bright picked up some extra outs. Every ten would give him a straight, but the 
on the turn took away one of those outs. Bright was looking to catch an ace or a non-spade ten on the river, but he missed. The river was the 
and Bright was eliminated.
flop, both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. After Steven checked, Voulgaris bet 375,000. Steven check-raised to 875,000 and Voulgaris folded.
. "One million," said Hellmuth and Banjout called straight away.
. Hellmuth mucked and Banjout won the pot.
