In a confrontation of the blinds, Michael Korovine called a raise preflop from Rami Hammoud in the small blind, and then proceeded to call on all three streets, including an all-in on the river.
With the board showing
, Rami was hesitant to table his hand after his river shove got called, but eventually he turned over
for a missed flush draw, and lost a massive pot to Michael and his
.
With that, Michael climbed up to around 12 million in chips, while Rami dropped to around 5.5 million.
The very next hand Michael took a chunk out of Tomas Larivee Magni to increase his lead.
A break has just begun, and we will bring an update on the chip counts in a moment.