Thang Le Eliminated in 20th Place ($19,450)
Roland Israelashvili opened the action from middle position, as he shoved his remaining 15,900,000. Action got round to Thang Le on the button, who then announced "all in" for a little less than 13,000,000. Everyone else folded, and Le pushed his cards towards the middle.
Other players at the table then questioned his actions and got him to table his cards. The table was even more confused upon seeing what he had called all in with.
Thang Le: 6♠5♠
Roland Israelashvili: A♣8♥
It transpired that Le hadn't noticed Israelashvili's all-in and thought he opened with the shove. That being said, despite being behind, he took a commanding lead on the 6♥5♦K♠ flop, confining his opponent to runner-runner. The cards to follow were as sick as they come.
Le then turned added equity with a flush draw on the 7♠ turn, and it seemed as though his misclick would pay off. The 4♦ river did not reward it, however, as Israelashvili made a backdoor straight. There was a huge clamour from the rail that had been intently watching every action of the hand. "What a flop!" said one. "What a turn!" added another. "What a river!" a third onlooker finished off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000,000
13,000,000
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13,000,000 |
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Busted | |