Huge Hit to Hadaya as Rudelitz Moves in Front

Shamus

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Huge hand just now between Shafah Hadaya and [Removed:4] involving the biggest pot of the tournament thus far and resulting in a new chip leader.

We arrived on the flop with the board showing and a small mass of red (25,000) chips in the middle, the pot having already grown to a little over 250,000. First to act, Hadaya thought about a minute before betting 214,000, and after tanking for a while himself Rudelitz pushed all in for 671,000 total.

That sent Hadaya deeper into the tank, and after a couple of minutes he emerged with the call. The players tabled their cards…

Rudelitz:
Hadaya:

Rudelitz had top pair and the nut flush draw, while Hadaya had the better overpair with his kings. The dealer burned a card and delivered the turn — the ! That gave Rudelitz trip queens for Rudelitz, then the river improved him further to a flush.

Hadaya — who not long ago was also dealt a pair of kings but ended up splitting a pot versus Jason Koon — slips back down below 500,000 after that hand.

Meanwhile, Rudelitz continues to stack his chips, though it appears he's exceeded the 1.5 million chip mark to claim the chip lead here in Level 20.