Mekhail Mekhail has been laddering up throughout the day, always playing with one of the smaller stacks in the tournament but finding good spots to double up and otherwise using his patience to successfully endure through several pay jumps.
Finally, almost all the way through level 29, in a blind-on-blind situation between he and Ema Zajmovic on his left, Mekhail open raised to 250K and Ema shoved over the top. Mekhail expressed that he had little choice in the matter and made the call.
Mekhail: 
Ema: 
The board ran out super smoothly for the Kings: 
and Mekhail was sent for his payout coupon. Ema, for her part, is now up to around 5,200,000 in chips and is the chip leader by a large margin.
5th place: Mekhail Mekhail, $55,200.00
