Takumi Samejima Eliminated in 22nd Place (?4,060,000)

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With about 50,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Takumi Samejima was under the gun and heads-up with Scott Janik in the big blind. Samejima had already committed 20,000 chips and was facing a decision for a total of 45,000 from Janik. After some thought, Samejima reraised to 135,000. Janik took a few moments before he shoved for about 500,000, putting Samejima to a decision for his stack of approximately 400,000. Samejima called fairly quickly and the two players tabled their hands.

Janik:
Samejima:

Samejima had flopped aces up but was way behind Janik's flopped set of jacks and needed an ace in order to preserve his tournament life. The turn gave both players boats but Janik's was bigger and Samejima still needed help with one card to come. The river changed nothing and Janik took the massive pot to send Samejima to the cage.