HomeWith only four remaining, big stacks were bound to battle and when they did, someone was sure to soar. In this case, it was Adrian Esslen who banked it on a hand against the chip leader Nguyen Hoang Anh.
On a raised pot preflop, the board read 2♣ 4♥ 8♥. Esslen check-raised Nguyen’s 590k bet to make it 1.7M. Nguyen called. On the 6♠ turn, Esslen took the reins and fired out 2M. Once again Nguyen was there to call. On the 6♣ river, Esslen was all in for his remaining 4.83M and Nguyen didn’t even flinch. He tossed in the call. Esslen turned over his 8♣ 8♠ for a full house and his rail celebrated as Nguyen mucked.
Esslen amassed 19M which is over half of the chips in play (33,000,000). He is the overwhelming chip leader.