Hands #120-121: Eames Dodges Diamonds to Double; Duczak on Fumes
Level 41
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Hand #120: Espen Jorstad raised top 5,000,000 in the cutoff holding the 
and picked up the blinds and big blind ante, as Michael Duek in the big blind mucked the 
face-up.
Hand #121: Aaron Duczak made it 6,000,000 to go and John Eames came along out of the big blind and the flop brought 
, on which Eames opted to check. Duczak continued for 6,500,000 and Eames then clicked it back with a raise to 14,300,000. The shove by Duczak followed and Eames called.
John Eames: 
Aaron Duczak: 
The slow-played aces were ahead and that remained to be the case on the turn as well. Another blank followed on the 
river and Eames doubled for 42,900,000 in total. Eames jumped from the shortest stack to second on the leaderboard and Duczak was left with fumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
116,900,000 | |
|
101,500,000 | 50,100,000 |
|
84,200,000 | -7,500,000 |
|
77,800,000 | 6,200,000 |
|
72,000,000 | |
|
57,400,000 | -6,300,000 |
|
10,300,000 | -55,100,000 |