The eliminations are likely to slow down at some point, but that hasn’t happened yet, as we are quickly down to the final five tables. Fausto Valdez had held the chip lead for a while, until tablemate Mike Eskandari (pictured above) just shipped a big pot. After raising to 250,000 with Ace-Queen, his opponent shoved for about three million. Eskandari asked for a count, and once it was confirmed, he snap called, and held against his opponent’s Jack-Nine.
These two are at the top, but as you will see below, they have plenty of big names chasing them.
Blinds: 50,000/100,000 Average: 3,200,000
Mike Eskandari – 9,700,000
Fausto Valdez – 7,900,000
Andrew Wisdom – 6,100,000
Richard Hasnip – 3,300,000
Tim Tang – 3,200,000
Phil Laak – 3,100,000
Andrew Tree – 2,800,000
Brian Hunkins – 2,500,000
Marc Weinstein – 2,300,000
