Joseph Cheong raises to 1.325 million to open the pot. Two seats over, Jonathan Duhamel reraises to 3.1 million straight, and the action comes back to Cheong. He calls, and we'll see a flop heads-up.
It comes , and Cheong knocks the table. Duhamel continues out with a bet of 3.25 million, and his fans applaud his carefully chosen amount. Cheong, though, is unimpressed, and he calls without too much deliberation.
The arrives on the turn, and Cheong checks again. Duhamel checks it back, and the river comes the . Cheong figures now is the time for a bet, and he slides 8.25 million chips out into the pot. Now it's Duhamel with a decision, and he takes just a minute to consider before announcing the call.
Cheong shows his first, and we won't know what Duhamel had until we see it on TV. He mucks, and Cheong drags himself a big pot and the chip lead.
After an extended break to conduct bust-out interviews with Matthew Jarvis and to change the tapes in ESPN's camera, play resumes. Action folds to Candio. He raises to 1,550,000. Jason Senti folds the small blind; Joseph Cheong calls the raise out of the big blind.
The players are heads up for a flop of . Cheong leads into Candio for 1,750,000. Candio quickly folds.
Jonathan Duhamel makes it 1.4 million to play, and Michael Mizrachi sits shuffling chips for a moment. He flicks the calling chips into the pot, and Matthew Jarvis announces a squeezy raise next door. It's 'all you can eat' as he commits his final 14.3 million to the pot with a verbal declaration. Duhamel quickly folds, but The Grinder takes a few minutes to consider, and it eventually looks like he might be on the cusp of a fold as well. Just as we momentarily let our guard down, he calls! Jarvis is at risk, and the cards are on their backs with a huge pot up for grabs. Let's race for 30 million chips, shall we?:
Mizrachi:
Jarvis:
Flop: ! Camp Mizrachi explodes into a celebration that momentarily deafens us. That middle board card was a little scary, but it was one rank low enough to be safe for Grinder's trips. It takes several minutes before the Mizrachi cheerleaders quiet down enough to see another card.
Turn: ! Now it's Camp Jarvis in utter jubilation as their man finds his two-outer to take an enormous lead in the hand. He's one card from a double up. Mizrachi has seven outs; he needs an ace, an eight, or the case queen to win the pot.
River: ! No! The theater is in stunned shock, either deathly silent (Jarvis and company) or in complete celebratory hysterics (the Mizrachi crew). It's just the river card Mizrachi was looking for, certain to make his list as "the most beautiful card in the deck" now. The ace of spades is the death knell for Jarvis, however, eliminated in 8th place. That's good for more than $1 million, but he's visibly disappointed as he's pulled into the arms of his friends and family.
"Holy shit!"
"No way that just happened!"
"That guy's gotta be rigging the deck, right? No way. No way."
People are still in utter disbelief down here on the stage as the dust settles. Grinder is up to 42.15 million, and this table is in trouble now.
Jason Senti raises to 1.35 million. Michael Mizrachi makes the call from the cutoff seat. The flop comes down and Senti fires 1.5 million. Mizrachi makes the call.
The turn brings the and Senti is up first again. He checks. Mizrachi bets out two million. Senti folds and Mizrachi's brothers lead the roars from his on-stage cheering section.
Joseph Cheong puts in the first raise from the hijack seat makng it 1,325,000 to go. Jonathan Duhamel re-raises, bumping the price of a flop up to 3,125,000. The button and blinds fold. So does Cheong, alowing Duhamel to drag the pot without further resistance.
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, and Cheong knocks the table. Duhamel continues out with a bet of 3.25 million, and his fans applaud his carefully chosen amount. Cheong, though, is unimpressed, and he calls without too much deliberation.
arrives on the turn, and Cheong checks again. Duhamel checks it back, and the river comes the 
. Cheong figures now is the time for a bet, and he slides 8.25 million chips out into the pot. Now it's Duhamel with a decision, and he takes just a minute to consider before announcing the call.
first, and we won't know what Duhamel had until we see it on TV. He mucks, and Cheong drags himself a big pot and the chip lead.
. Cheong leads into Candio for 1,750,000. Candio quickly folds.
! Camp Mizrachi explodes into a celebration that momentarily deafens us. That middle board card was a little scary, but it was one rank low enough to be safe for Grinder's trips. It takes several minutes before the Mizrachi cheerleaders quiet down enough to see another card.
! Now it's Camp Jarvis in utter jubilation as their man finds his two-outer to take an enormous lead in the hand. He's one card from a double up. Mizrachi has seven outs; he needs an ace, an eight, or the case queen to win the pot.
! No! The theater is in stunned shock, either deathly silent (Jarvis and company) or in complete celebratory hysterics (the Mizrachi crew). It's just the river card Mizrachi was looking for, certain to make his list as "the most beautiful card in the deck" now. The ace of spades is the death knell for Jarvis, however, eliminated in 8th place. That's good for more than $1 million, but he's visibly disappointed as he's pulled into the arms of his friends and family.
and Senti fires 1.5 million. Mizrachi makes the call.