Payman Arjang Eliminated in 8th Place ($133,632)
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"What are you doing?" Arjang asked. "You know I'm not going to raise your blind without a hand." Arjang agonized over the decision for several minutes. He has been taking several minutes to make each decision recently. The players complained to TD Matt Savage and asked for a clock on Arjang.
After thirty seconds had elapsed, Arjang called, leaving himself about 125,000 behind. Karagulleyan was first to act after the flop, so he bet 200,000 in the dark before the flop came down. Arjang called dark, and so the hands were opened.
Arjang:
Karagulleyan:
Several players and railbirds were completely dismayed to see an ace hit a flop of
. When the turn fell 
, it seemed another double-up was imminent. But the room -- and especially the dozen or so players on Chris Karagulleyan's rail -- exploded in a roar when the dealer found the 
as the river card. That river made a set of kings for Karagulleyan, enough to overtake Arjang's pair of aces.Arjang walks away with $133,632 for his eight place finish. We are now one elimination away from ending play.