Deeb Stays Alive; Haxton With an Overwhelming Chip Lead
Level 24
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
During the Main Event coverage, Isaac Haxton had moved into a commanding chip lead with 41,175,000, while Shaun Deeb was down to just five big blinds.
The action was picked up with Deeb being all-in preflop for his last 2,900,000 and Arthur Morris making the call to try and bust him.
Shaun Deeb: K♠K♣J♣10♣
Arthur Morris: 10♦9♦8♦6♣
Deeb needed his kings to hold or he would finish just outside the podium positions. The board ran out 3♦K♥4♣9♥A♥ to give Deeb the winner with a set of kings.