Perales takes a commanding lead

Alim Perales has more or less had his way on this final table, and took a commanding lead after this hand between he and Simon Tang.

Simon raised from the cutoff to 675K and Alim flat called from the BB.

The flop came out Jack of Spades 5 of Clubs Jack of Diamonds. Alim checked. Simon bet 875K and Alim tank-jammed his massive stack.

Simon thought for a few moments and called, turning over 8 of Hearts 8 of Spades. Alim turned over Jack of Clubs 8 of Clubs – and on that board, Simon was drawing dead with one of his outs in his opponent’s hand. The cards came out 9 of Clubs and the 9 of Diamonds to seal the deal.

Alim became the massive chip leader with somewhere around half the chips in play in his stack.

5th place: Simon Tang, $9,980.

Simon Tang