Upeshka De Silva defended his big blind after Jordan Vaillancourt raised from under the gun. On a 
flop, he check-raised to 1,040,000 and Jordan followed along. The turn brought the 
, and Upeshka moved all-in, covering his opponent by a fair margin. With around 2,700,000 to his name, Jordan slid his big chips forward to signify a call, and both players tabled their hands.
Upeshka: 
Jordan: 
Jordan needed the board to pair if he wanted to survive the hand, but the river brought the 
, sealing his fate and sending him to the rail.
With that pot, Upeshka joined the chip-leaders late in the partypoker Million North America with a stack of over 17 million.