Sander Aalders Eliminated in 23rd Place ($16,632)
Aalders raised to 26,000 before Formosa reraised to 80,000. This was a larger three-bet than Aalders had made on Formosa a few hands back. Aalders then four-bet to 200,000 before Formosa moved all in. Beginning the hand with roughly 500,000 chips, Aalders stuck all of them to make the call, making this the largest pot of the tournament -- around 1,000,000!
Aalders revealed the but immediately stood from his chair and snapped his head away from the table in disgust when Formosa one-upped him and rolled over the .
The flop came down , leaving Aalders' tournment life hanging by a thin thread.
The turn was the and then the river was the . There would be no help for Aalders as he ran into a late-tournament cooler to get sent to the rail in 23rd place.
Collecting that pot put Formosa in the clear chip lead with nearly 1.5 million chips.