On three short-handed tables, a preflop showdown broke out in which Michael Kane in the cutoff eventually ended up as the player at risk for a pot of 13,643,096.

Kane faced Satoshi Isomae in the small blind and had the best of it when the cards were revealed.

Michael Kane:
Satoshi Isomae:

There was no additional threat on the flop but Isomae turned a gutshot when the appeared. It was instead the that fell on the river to improve Isomae to a pair of aces and Kane had to settle for 17th place and a payday of $113,465.