Cada Outdraws Saout Again to Eliminate Him!

On the 276th hand of the day, during three handed play, Cada has the button. He opens the pot to $2.5 million. Antoine moves all-in over the top for near $40 million in chips. Moon folds his big blind, and Cada makes the call. Antoine is now in danger of being eliminated if his hand doesn't hold up.

Fittingly enough for a major poker event, this huge hand will come down to the most classic of match ups, a coin-flip hand:

Showdown:
Cada: As-Ks
Saout: 8s-8h

Cada's crowd was screaming for "Aces" while Saout's Section was cheering in French.

The flop comes down...5h-4s-5c...and the crowd is silent as they await the turn card...

Turn: 10d...still safe, and both sides seem equally nervous.

The river slowly turns....it's the King of Clubs! Antoine finishes in 3rd place and leaves Moon and Cada for Monday's heads up match for the first place prize and the bracelet. Antoine loses his second monster pot against Cada going in as a favorite to win the hand! Heartbreaking!

Antoine officially earns $3,479,670 for his remarkable efforts here in the Main Event, and takes a new found appreciation for poker in his home country of France! He can rest at least a little bit easier knowing that he's done France and Team Everest Poker proud!

Antoine Takes Brutal Outdraw!

The first hand back from an impromtu break after Buchman's elimination, we already get a monster hand!

Joe Cada started the fire with a bet of $2,550,000 from the small blind. Antoine quickly announced re-raise, and made it $7.3 million to go from the big blind. Cada answered back with an all-in, that Antoine called instantly!

Showdown:
Cada: 2c-2s
Saout: Qh-Qs

Flop: 7 of spades....2 of diamonds....9 of spades!!!

Cada has outdrawn the mighty Queens of Antoine!

The rest of the board is a non-helpful 3h-6s, and Cada and Antoine have now effectively switched stacks!

Updated Chip Counts:

Joseph Cada - 78,600,000
Darvin Moon - 75,775,000
Antoine Saout - 41,425,000

Updated Chip Counts

Updated Chip Counts:

Antoine Saout - 80,650,000
Darvin Moon - 75,925,000
Joseph Cada - 39,225,000

Buchman Busted! 3 Players Remain

Darvin Moon has the button and makes it $3 million to go. Buchman moves all in from the small blind. Moon shrugs, announces call.

Moon Shrugs Off A Potentially Life-Changing Call!

Showdown:
Buchman: Ad-5c
Moon: Kd-Jd

Flop: 2c-9h-Qc, nothing changed, except Moon picked up an inside straight draw.

Turn: Kh!

Moon outdraws Buchman and Buchman is now on the ropes!

River: 5h and Buchman is Busted!

Buchman performs the walk of shame!

Buchman will take home $2,502,890 for 4th place, while we await the final 3 participants to get back in action.

Moon offers some parting words for Buchman

Darvin Moon now has approximately $76 million.

Antoine Wins Biggest Tournament Pot Yet!

As the fans settled in and tried to keep warm in a cold and quiet theater, you got the feeling that a big moment would soon take place. Sure enough, that feeling did not disappoint, when a massive pot developed between Antoine and Buchman!

It all started when Eric Buchman made it $2.5 million on the button, and Antoine Saout announces a re-raise from the big blind. Antoine cut out and then put in a re-raise totaling $9 million. Buchman reacted fast by moving all-in over the top for an additional $22 million.

Buchman sends it in!

Antoine was visibly in deep, deep thought...and it appeared likely that he had a major hand, but not one he necessarily wanted to send all in just yet. After the longest thinking period we have seen in the tournament, Antoine verbally announced "I call." The stacks were close, but it would ultimately be Antoine who was all-in for his tournament life!

Tournament Officials verify the all-in of Antoine.

Showdown:
Buchman: Ah-Qc
Saout: Ad-Kc

The flop comes 10h-7c-Kd, and the sea of blue soccer jerseys goes absolutely crazy with applause for their Frenchman!

Saout Section Erupts!

The turn pairs the board with the Kh, changing nothing, but the crowd is feeling the moment and erupts even louder into cheers!

Once the 6d hits the river, a hug fest coupled with numerous high fives all around from the Saout Section, and we now have a runaway chip leader in Saout!!!

With that pot Antoine has taken the poker elevator right to the top, stacked at $89,200,000, while Eric Buchman is left with just $9,800,000.

Antoine Tangles With Moon

Antoine sits deep in thought about the proper play against Moon

Moon raises it up to $2 million under the gun and Eric Buchman calls in position. Joe Cada folds in the small blind, and Antoine makes the call. We will see our first major 3-way pot.

Flop: Ac-7d-10d.

Antoine checks, Moon checks and Buchman bets $3 million.

Antoine smooth calls, and Moon moves it all-in over the top. Buchman folds in quick and easy fashion, and Antoine begins to stare down Darvin Moon. Antoine is taking his time with this one, and 5 minutes or so later, Antoine decides to let it pass.

This big pot actually propelled Moon slightly ahead of Antoine again, with 55,275,000 chips. Antoine is still stacked comfortably at $53,450,000.

Antoine's Antics

Antoine In His Signature pose

Buchman raises in position pre-flop to $2 million. Antoine calls out of the big blind.

Flop: Qh-Jd-3s

Antoine checks, Buchman bets $3 million. Antoine says the price is going up, and check-raises to 9,025,000. Buchman looks a bit disappointed, but immediately elects to fold.

Antoine is not afraid to use maximum pressure to win pots, which is why he is becoming an exciting player to watch and root for at this final table.

The "Buck" Stops Here!

To The Moon

Darvin Moon makes it $2 million in middle position, and Buchman makes the call from the button.

We see a Kh-Qh-4s flop.

Moon checks, and Buchman fires $3 million into the pot. Moon calls fast, and we go to the turn:

Turn: 9c

Moon checks, Buchman checks.

River: 10s

Moon bets out $5 million, and Buchman doesnt take to long to think as he folds his hand, sending Moon over a healthy pot.

Antoine Eliminates Jeff Shulman!

Antoine Hits His Personal "November Nine," Leaving "Happy" Shulman With A Sad Goodbye

Antoine makes a huge pre-flop raise to $5.4 million from the small blind to let short stacked Jeff Shulman know that he is calling if Jeff shoves. Sure enough, Shulman quickly moves all-in for an additional $200,000 on top, committing his final 5,600,000 chips to the hand. Antoine adds the small additional chips and we have an all-in life or death moment for Shulman.

Showdown
Saout: Ac-9s
Shulman: 7c-7h

The board comes hitting Antoine almost instantly as the flop brings a 9!

Board: 10s-9d-6s-Qc-4s

After some battles for the chip lead have taken place between Eric Buchman and Saout, Antoine is back in the driver's seat with $62,925,000!

Updated Chip Counts

Updated Chip Counts

Antoine Saout - 54,750,000
Eric Buchman - 50,400,000
Joseph Cada - 44,750,000
Darvin Moon - 31,950,000
Jeff Shulman - 12,925,000

Antoine Picks Up Another Pot

Antoine Eyes His Competition

The man of the hour Joe Cada opens to $2.1 million from the small blind, and never one to give up during a battle of the blinds, Antoine makes the call from the big blind.

Flop: 5s-Jd-9c

Cada checks, Antoine says $3million looks like a good bet, and Cada quickly rleases his hand sending a pot over to Antoine.

Antoine Attempts An Elimination

Antoine's signature Final Table Pose

Shulman moves in for his last $6,250,000 chips and Antoine calls without much deliberation from the big blind:

Showdown:
Shulman: Ad-5s
Saout: Kd-Qc

Board: Jd-Ac-4c-5d-4s

Antoine gives Shulman a few chips in the process of trying to remove a player from the table.

Cada Doubles...Twice! Part 2

Two is always better than one!

Just 4 hands after doubling through Jeff Shulman, Moon opens for $2 million on the button. With a perfect squeeze play opportunity, Joe Cada, from the big blind, re-raises to $5.6 million. Moon instantly moves all-in, and Cada calls even quicker!

Cada proudly turns over the weapons of mass destruction, Ad-Ah while Moon turns over a ...surprising, Ks-9c?

The board runs out a slightly scary manageable 6s-9h-3s-4h-4d, meaning Cada will double once more.

Here is how his stack looks after his second double up within a handful of hands:
Cada: $45.225 million
Moon: $39.45 million

Cada Doubles...Twice! Part 1

Cada has good reason to smile!

Jeff Shulman is under the gun and ups the price of play to $1.75 million. Action passes around to Cada in the small blind, who moves all in for $10.8 million. Shulman calls quickly with Jc-Jd. He is up against the 3c-3h of Cada.

Board 8h...4h...3d!!!

Cada has run good ever since he was short stacked below $3 million.

Turn: 7s

River: Qh

Updated Chip Counts:

Shulman - $7,525,000 million
Cada - $22,575,000 million

"Begs" Goes Down, New Chipleader!

"Begs" Is Out

Steve Begleiter opens under the gun to $1.6 million. Action folds to Darvin Moon in the big blind and he swiftly announces "all-in." Begleiter calls quickly and jumps up to see if his hand is best!

Showdown:

Moon: Ac-Qh
Begleiter: Qs-Qd

Begleiter is the only player officially "all-in" at $23.25 million since Darvin has him covered.

Flop: 7s-4d-8s

Turn: 3d

And then...

River: Ad!!

Darvin's A-Q strikes twice as it has now been the downfall of both Phil Ivey and Steve Begleiter!

Moon has once again reclaimed the chip lead with $63.9 million in chips.

Ivey Busts, Hush Falls Over The Crowd

An Apple A Day Won't Keep The Bad Beats Away

The poker world just shed a collective tear, as the remaining November Niner's let out a collective sigh of relief as Phil Ivey was eliminated!

He fought hard as the short stack through the last level, but things seemed gloom as he lost small pots and slowly his stack faded below the 10-big-blind area.

Here's how Phil's final hand went down:

Phil Ivey moves all-in under the gun, Action folds over to Darvin Moon in the big blind, who calls quickly.

Showdown:
Moon: Ad-Qs
Ivey: Ac-Ks

Ivey chews on an apple as the entire crowd minus a few Darvin Moon fans erupts into chants of "Ivey! Ivey! Ivey!".

The flop took the breath out of everyone in the theater as it comes Qd-6c-6s, handing the lead over to Moon. The crowd is heard at varying volumes begging for a king, but the Turn 3c and River 5c changes nothing, and Ivey's eliminated in a disappointing 7th place.

Ivey will earn $1,404,014 for his strong efforts, as Darvin regains his chip-lead sitting at $39,325,500.

Updated Chip Counts

Updated Chip Counts

We've got a new chip leader!

Antoine Saout - 52,775,000
Eric Buchman - 48,125,000
Darvin Moon - 37,150,000
Steven Begleiter - 18,475,000
Joseph Cada - 18,300,000
Jeff Shulman - 12,650,000
Phil Ivey - 8,075,000

Vive La France!

Antoine seeks out the "poker gods" for a heart

Steve Begleiter raises to 1.5 million. Antoine, out of the small blind, makes it $4.5 million to go. Begleiter calls.

Flop: 8h-3c-9h

Antoine checks, and "Begs" bets out $6.3 million into Antoine. Antoine almost immediately re-raises all-in, and "Begs" sinks into his chair!

After a long...long...time, "Begs" makes the call, and looks even sicker as the hands are turned over:

Begleiter: 8c-7c
Saout: Ah-Kh

"Begs" has made the "right" call in terms of holding a pair versus a draw, but with all outs that Antoine has, he is technically the percentage favorite.

Turn: 10h

The Quiet Assassin Antoine Saout has "Begs" drawing dead and is the new recipient of around $22 million chips!!!

New counts:

Antoine Saout - 52.7 million
Steve Begleiter - 18.4 million

Antoine's Supporters Erupt As He Doubles Up!

Updated Chip Counts

Updated Chip Counts

Steven Begleiter - 47,450,000
Eric Buchman - 46,100,000
Darvin Moon - 37,150,000
Antoine Saout - 27,425,000
Jeff Shulman - 15,600,000
Joseph Cada - 11,450,000
Phil Ivey - 10,375,000

Phil Ivey Loses A Key Pot

Ivey takes a hit

Phil Ivey opens for $1.25 million from middle position. Small Blind, and short stacked Joe Cada moves all in over the top of Ivey for roughly $5.8 million.

Ivey thinks for a long time, nearly 5 minutes, before putting Cada at risk with a call.

Showdown:
Ivey: As-8c
Cada: 4h-4d

Cada looks genuinely concerned, while Ivey is well, Ivey, and shows little emotion.

Board: 2d-10s-3h-9c-7h

Ivey losing this put moves him to the shortest stack at the table with a little over $10 million, while Cada has battled back from the extremely short stack to hold nearly $13 million in chips.

Though are hearts here at Everest Poker are strongly with Antoine Saout, you can't help but want Ivey to remain at this table as well. We will keep you updated on how things progress as the next blind level approaches.

Cada Celebrates as his 4's hold up!

Nada For Cada Leaves Him Short Stacked

Cada Ponders A Big Call

Joe Cada opened a pot to $1.25 million, followed by an all-in from Jeff Shulman for a little over $7 million.

Cada went deep into the tank for what seemed like forever before finally deciding to call Shulmans all in bet.

When the cards turned over however, Cada thought long and thought wrong, because his Ad-Js was second best to the As-Kh of Shulman.

Cada's cheering section went wild screaming for a Jack but as the board ran out:

Board: 3h-10s-9c-Qd-4d

Shulman doubles up, while Cada drops to $2,275,000.

UPDATE:

Joe has now moved all in 3 times since his big loss to Shulman, and won two of the three pots uncontested, and one via a double up through Eric Buchman. Cada is still short, but fighting for his tournament life.