Monsterpotten!

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Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Under the gun, Zhen Cai opened with a raise, and the action folded around to the cutoff seat. There, Ari "BodogAri" Engel three-bet him, and the decision came back around to the initial raiser. Cai was undeterred, sliding out another raise to Engel, but the latter came right back with a five-bet for an additional 79,500 on top. Cai had 104,100 chips left in front of him at that point, and he tanked for a minute before six-bet shoving those chips into the middle.

Engel sunk in his chair. "If I swore," he said, "I would swear right now." He apparently had his hand caught in the cookie jar, but here wasn't much of a decision to be made. With more than 250,000 chips in the middle, Engel called the extra bit to put Cai at risk.

Showdown
Engel: {A-Clubs} {9-Hearts}
Cai: {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}

The {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs} flop was a massive hit for Engel, but neither player really reacted much as there were still two cards to come. Cai was looking for a king or a queen to stay alive.

Turn: {Q-Spades} .

That'll do it! With Cai improving to Broadway, Engel was now drawing dead to a chop. The river {10-Hearts} was not the two-outer he was looking for, however, and Cai has dragged the largest pot of the tournament.