Pillai Takes the Lead in Very Long Hand
Blinds 150,000-300,000
Sebastian "Weizen" Gaehl raised to 600,000 and was called by Krasimir Yankov in the small blind and Shankar Pillai in the big blind. They checked the 
flop to Gaehl, who continued for 1,050,000 and picked up two calls.
Two checks followed on the 
turn and Gaehl now bet 3,540,000 into 5,410,000. Yankov dipped into his time bank and made the call after plenty of consideration. Pillai also went into the tank for more than two minutes and called.
The 
fell on the river and all three players checked. Yankov tabled the 
for top pair and top kicker, Gaehl had the 
and Pillai jumped into the top spot with 
for a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,423,385
10,675,000
|
10,675,000 |
|
||
|
16,477,514
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
||
|
14,985,410
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
||
|
11,877,991
971,000
|
971,000 |
|
10,404,410
-5,355,000
|
-5,355,000 |
|
10,180,696
-6,001,000
|
-6,001,000 |
|
8,009,092
-765,000
|
-765,000 |
|
4,886,720
835,000
|
835,000 |