Han Feng Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,250,000)
Hand #141: Han Feng raised to 6,000,000 under the gun. Lauri Saaskilahti three-bet to 50,000,000 from the button.
Greg Mueller picked up J♦J♣ in the big blind.
"Wow," said Mueller, removing his hat and sunglasses to deliberate. "50 [million]?" he asked Saaskilahti.
"50," replied Saaskilahti. "Let's gamble."
Mueller studied his stack and his opponents' stacks extensively and rubbed his face and head.
"Do you want me to call?" Mueller asked Saaskilahti, receiving a quick telling off from the dealer. He laughed, and tanked some more, before ultimately folding.
Feng called and was all in for 25,000,000.
Han Feng: A♦A♣
Lauri Saaskilahti: 9♠9♥
The 10♦8♦3♦ left Saaskilahti with only one nine to hit. However, the one out became seven with the J♥ turn giving Saaskilahti an open-ended straight draw.
Incredibly, the river was the Q♠ and Saaskilahti made his straight to crack the aces and send Feng to the rail.
"So brutal," said Nick Schulman on commentary.
"Primordial screams and a barbaric end to Han Feng's Main Event," said Ali Nejad.
Speaking to the WSOP's Jeff Platt afterwards, referring to the nature of his exit Feng said, "It's fine, man, it happens. I'm all good."
Platt then asked Feng about his future plans and he replied, "[EPT] Barcelona, it was already booked."