Zaki Sends One To The Showers And Takes The Chip Lead
Chad Brown saw action fold to him in the hijack and opened to 8,000. Justin Zaki called in the small blind and the big blind defended, taking three-way action to a flop of 
.
Zaki checked and the big blind bet 20,000. Brown asked how much he had left and the player told him not much, moving his hands to display 7,000 behind. Brown took one more look at his cards and then shot them to the middle of the felt face-down, putting action back onto Zaki, who raised and received an all-in call for less.
"You're gonna win," said the all-in player as he turned over 
. Zaki tabled [jts] and was already well ahead.
The turn 
gave Zaki the nuts and the river completed the runout to make the hand official, earning him the pot and the knockout, and he now a few tall piles of chips totaling about 350,000, which is the largest stack in the room at present moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
105,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |