Michael Ruane Eliminated in 15th Place ($61,436), Jerry Humphrey Eliminated in 16th Place ($51,984)

Dec 9, 2017

Michael Ruane

Ajay Chabra opens the hijack with a raise to 55,000 before Ryan Tosoc calls in the cutoff. With the action on Jerry Humphrey (pictured below) on the button, he moves all in for 516,000.

From the big blind, Michael Ruane (pictured above) cold-calls as the action returns to Chabra. He uses one time extension button, and then another, before moving all in also for roughly 3.5 million.

Tosoc quickly folds, and when the action is back on Ruane, he calls for his 2,380,000 total.

Humphrey: Diamond 10Spade 10
Ruane: Club KHeart K
Chabra: Heart ASpade A

In a clash of several monster hands, the chip leader Chabra was set up to collect the huge pot, and when the dealer spread the Club 4Club AClub 8 flop, it furthered his advantage in the hand.

Both Ruane and Humphrey would need runner-runner quads to stay alive, while Ruane also had clubs at his disposal.

The turn of the Diamond J would render Humphrey drawing dead and destined for a 16th place finish, while Ruane was sweating a club on the river.

The dealer burned and turned a club on the river, but it would be the Club J giving Chabra a full house to eliminate Ruane in 15th place, along with Humphrey in 16th. With this monster pot, Chabra is now nestled behind a chip stack of 6,650,000; close to four times the average chip stack.

Ajay Chabra – 6,650,000
Michael Ruane – Eliminated in 15th place ($61,436)
Jerry Humphrey – Eliminated in 16th place ($51,984)

Jerry Humphrey

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