"February $50,000 II" (Day 2): Elliot Zaydman Eliminated ($2,870) In The Pot Of The Tournament, Mitchell Smith Commanding Chip Leader

"February $50,000 II"
$175 No Limit Hold'em | $50,000 GTD
Level 30 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 5

Elliot Zaydman (Coconut Creek, FL) was pretty quiet for most of the final table, but was left super short after taking a bad beat from Carlos Loving.

Final table action would fold to Elliot Zaydman, who shoved for 1,020,000.  Evan Kahan then re-shoved next to act (from the cutoff), having the entire table covered.  The button and small blind folded, but then Mitchell Smith announced he was all-in, sitting with 2,200,000 in front of him.  We had a three way pot brewing, with a main pot worth over 5,000,000:

Smith: A♥ A♠
Kahan: 8♣ 8♦ 
Zaydman: 10♣ 7♠

Runout: Q♠ Q♥ 6♥ K♠ 7♣

Smith had a dream situation, with two players all-in in front of him...and pocket aces in the big blind.  His hand would hold through the runout, and Mitchell would chip up to 5,600,000.  Elliot Zaydman was eliminated in sixth place ($2,870), while Kahan was left with just 600,000.