The chip leader at the last break, Panagiotis Anastasopoulos, hit rough waters once play resumed. And he has just been eliminated by Silvio La Palerma following a huge preflop all in.

Anastasopoulos had been very active, opening lots of hands during the last few levels, which prompted an outsized three-bet from his neighbour, La Palerma, in a hand that may prove to be decisive in this event. La Palerma raised to 100K after Anastasopoulos opened to 21K, which forced Anastasopoulos deep into the tank. Anastasopoulos decided to stand his ground and made a four-bet shove for something in the neighbourhood of 250K, which was quickly called by La Palerma. Hands were tabled to reveal that Anastasopoulos had the best of it, to his surprise.

Anastasopoulos:

La Palerma:

Board:

La Palerma rivered broadway to take down the huge pot and send the former chip leader to the rail in the process. La Palerma now controls a stack approaching half a million in chips, making him the clear chip leader.