Hands #61-65: Darren Elias Wins with the Ace-High

Hand #61- Jean-Christophe Ferreira completes the small blind and Andrew Chen moves all in from the big blind for around 1.3 million. Ferreira folds and Chen takes the pot.

Hand #62 – Jean-Christophe Ferreira raises to 250,000 on the button and Andrew Chen moves all in from the small blind for around 1.5 million. Ferreira folds and Chen shows him pocket aces.

Hand #63 – Jean-Christophe Ferreira raises to 250,000 from under the gun, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #64 – Darren Elias (pictured) raises to 250,000 on the button and Jean-Christophe Ferreira defends the big blind. The flop comes and Ferreira checks. Elias bets 160,000 and Ferreira calls. The turn is the . Ferreira checks, Elias bets 480,000, and Ferreira calls.

The river brings the . Ferreira checks and Elias moves all in for around 1.6 million. Ferreira folds and Elias rakes in the big pot.

Hand #65 – Darren Elias raises to 250,000 from under the gun and Dave Eldridge calls on the button. Andrew Chen is in the big blind and calls as well.

The flop comes  and Chen checks. Elias bets 300,000, Eldridge folds, and Chen calls. Both players check when the turn brings the . The rive is the  and Chen bets 1 million. Elias thinks for a minute or so before calling with  for ace-high.

Chen shows  for a busted straight draw and Elias wins another big pot to move within striking distance of the chip lead.

Darren Elias – 5,500,000 (46 bb)
Andrew Chen – 450,000 (4 bb)