Hoang Van Le raised to 800,000 from under the gun, and Mousa Talei, who had just lost half his stack after he doubled up Allison De Souza, shoved all in for about 8,000,000. It folded to Sohale Khalili (pictured above) in the big blind, and he moved all in, having just a little less than Le.
Le stood up, said ” I can’t fold,” and slid his massive stack into the middle, making for a pot of over 25,000,000 in chips.
Le: [Kh][Ks]
Khalili: [Ad][Qs]
Talei: [Qs][10d]
Le was in great shape to secure a double knockout, but that quickly changed after the flop of [Ac][8c][7d] gave Khalili top pair. The [Jh] turn meant that even if Le found his king for the side pot, he would lose the main pot to Talei, but none of that mattered, as the [5d] came on the river.
Talei, who was the chip leader with 18 left, bows out in 14th, while Le would bust to Khalili on the next hand, leaving us with just a dozen players left.
