Final Level of Day 1b
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With a field size of 163 entries, Day 1b has surpassed the previous flight by quite some margin but a big field is required on the final flight. Similar to Day 1a, just one third of the field remains in the final level of the night and the clocks show 56 players in contention with Luca Marchetti at the top of the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
on 
. Unfortunately, the card that gave him the straight left Bedell drawing dead since Rosano had 
for a full house.
for the player at risk. The board came 
and the action checked to Marchetti, who bet 8,000. Bedell check-shoved and the short stack called it off, Marchetti folded.
for middle pair. A split pot was possible on the 
, Xanthopoulos checked and Kanaan continued for 5,800. A near instant all in by the Greek followed and Kanaan immediately asked for a count.
turn and 
river failed to improve Kanaan and he joined the rail in the penultimate level of Day 1b. Xanthopoulos already has a final table appearance in the 888poker LIVE Main Events to his name as he finished in 8th place in the Asper's Casino in 2018.
