Laurance Essak Eliminated in 2nd Place ($137,370)
Level 43
: Blinds 3,000,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Prashanth Nataraj limped in from the button and Laurance Essak jammed in the big blind. Nataraj gave it some thought and called.
Laurance Essak: A♦6♠
Prashanth Nataraj: A♠J♦
The flop of Q♦7♦8♣ kept Essak alive and the 5♠ turn kept it interesting by giving him an open-ended straight draw. But the Q♠ then landed on the river to confirm Essak's runner-up finish as Nataraj secured his first bracelet.