Rick Shamshoum won a big pot in the first hand of heads-up, as he called a preflop raise of 650,000, then check-called 725,000 on a flop of 
. They both checked the 
turn, and when the river brought the 
, Rick once again checked, only to be faced with a bet of 1,775,000. After going in the tank for a few minutes, he announced the (hero) call, and tabled 
to best the 
of Philippe.