Eric Buchman has the button. Darvin Moon comes in with a raise to 2 million under the gun, and Eric Buchman calls in position. Joe Cada folds his small blind, but Antoine Saout makes the call as well to go three-handed to the flop.
It brings and a check from the first two players. Buchman decides to stab at the pot with 3 million chips, and Antoine Saout makes the call. Not to be outdone, Darvin Moon announces, "All in." The move sends Saout deep into the tank as he stares down at his chips and the felt in front of him. Moon has moved in a couple times in recent memory, and no doubt Saout is thinking about that as well. In the end, though, he decides to forfeit his hand and let Moon take the sizable pot.
Moon is back in the chip lead now with 55,275,000 chips. He's moved just ahead of Saout's 53,450,000.
Eric Buchman
Darvin Moon has the button. It's 4:08am. Antoine Saout raises to 1.925 million. Action passes to Eric Buchman, who tanks for more than a minute before calling from the small blind. Joe Cada releases his hand in the big blind.
is our flop. Buchman checks to Saout, who bets 2.375 million. After a minute Buchman puts in a small check-raise to 5.0 million. Saout hasn't shown a propensity to make quick decisions at all today, and with the clock now reading almost 4:15am his decisions are coming even more slowly. He does finally put in a raise to 11.225 million.
It's like a game of tennis played by 80-year-old snails. The ball is arcing, achingly slowly, back into Buchman's court and he's inching towards it. After about two minutes he puts together several stack of chips. He punches the ball back to Saout, the price of poker now a total of 21.225 million chips. It's 10.0 million back to Saout.
We're suprised someone didn't have to nudge Saout awake, given how long this hand has already taken. There's certainly no noise coming from the theater as everyone wonders what Saout is going to do. Shove? Fold? Those seem to be the only options.
It's 4:20am when Saout finally folds. A twelve-minute hand is won by Buchman, taking about 13.0 million chips out of Saout's stack.
Joe Cada has the button. He opens the pot to 2.5 million. Action passes to Darvin Moon who calls from the big blind and then checks a flop of . Cada checks behind. The dealer burns and turns the and both check again again. On the river, Moon's bet of 4.0 million produces a fold from Cada.
Antoine Saout has the button. Joe Cada raises to 2.5 million first to act, and Antoine Saout sticks in a three-bet to 8.5 million total. Nobody wants any of that, and Saout stacks some more chips.
and a check from the first two players. Buchman decides to stab at the pot with 3 million chips, and Antoine Saout makes the call. Not to be outdone, Darvin Moon announces, "All in." The move sends Saout deep into the tank as he stares down at his chips and the felt in front of him. Moon has moved in a couple times in recent memory, and no doubt Saout is thinking about that as well. In the end, though, he decides to forfeit his hand and let Moon take the sizable pot.
is our flop. Buchman checks to Saout, who bets 2.375 million. After a minute Buchman puts in a small check-raise to 5.0 million. Saout hasn't shown a propensity to make quick decisions at all today, and with the clock now reading almost 4:15am his decisions are coming even more slowly. He does finally put in a raise to 11.225 million.
. Cada checks behind. The dealer burns and turns the 
river, Moon's bet of 4.0 million produces a fold from Cada.
