Monday, September 5, 2016 6:27 PM Local Time
Eli Elezra Regains Control
Over the course of the past few orbits, Eli Elezra retook the chip lead in a series of small pots that, by themselves, were insignificant. The most recent one, though, is worth mentioning.
Sean Yu opens the button to 225,000, and Elezra defends his big blind. The flop is . Elezra checks, Yu continues for 275,000, and Elezra calls. Both players check through the turn. The river is the , and Elezra leads for 350,000. Yu calls.
Elezra shows , winning the pot with a pair of kings. He's opened up a chiplead of more than 2:1 as he stacks that pot.
Eli Elezra - 7,410,000 (74 bb)
Sean Yu - 3,150,000 (32 bb)