How did Hakim Get the Chips?

There were seats to be filled on the table of Jeffrey Hakim and Ali Reza Fatehi, as Orpen Kisacikoglu and two other players had departed. The new faces included Pascal Hartmann, Andre Akkari and Dan Smith, and Hakim as well as Hartmann are the biggest stacks.

According to Hakim, he got into a five-way pot and defended the big blind with . On a flop of , Hakim check-raised from 5,000 to 16,500 and the initial bettor shoved for 70,000 with the while one of the cold-callers got his remaining 7,000 behind in with kings. Hakim dodged the flush draw and claimed the big pot.