Erik Roussakis Eliminated in 5th Place ($26,861)
Wow. Erik Roussakis came back from the break as the second biggest stack, and on the second hand back, he was eliminated by Soi Nguyen after a cooler flop. Action started with Roussakis raising to 75,000 in early position. Nguyen defended his big blind, and the two saw a flop of 
.
Nguyen checked to Roussakis, who fired out 100,000. Nguyen grabbed some raising chips, shuffled them for a bit, then tossed in a raise to 230,000. As he has done often throughout the final table, Roussakis acted quickly, and raised it to 500,000. Nguyen let out a small sigh, and announced all in. Roussakis let out a sigh himself before making the call, and we had the biggest pot of the tournament.
Nguyen: 
Roussakis: 
Nguyen flopped bottom set, but he still had to sweat, as Roussakis could catch a spade. The turn was a black king, but it was the 
. The river was the other black king, the 
, and though it gave Roussakis the flush, it also gave Nguyen a full boat.
After that pot, Nguyen is our monster chip leader with over half the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
Busted |