Paul Michaelis Eliminated in 9th Place ($10,000)

Claudio Di Giacomo raised from early position and Paul Michaelis three-bet jammed from the small blind for what looked like 23,000,000. Di Giacomo quickly called.

Di Giacomo:
Michaelis:

Michaelis was way behind with the smaller pocket pair and needed a lot of help from the deck in order to survive. The flop came and although Michaelis picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn, Di Giacomo was still best after the fell on the river, so he took the pot to send Michaelis to the cage.