Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Enzo Del Piero has become the first player to depart at the final table after busting to Ka Him Li. Del Piero was in the big blind with ![]()
and Li on the button with ![]()
.
After a standard bet pre-flop from Li and call from Del Piero, action wasn't fast to the turn on a board of ![]()
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. That saw Li make it 134,000, but Del Piero moved all-in and was called. The
river eliminated Del Piero.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,560,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Charles Chattha was all-in pre-flop with ![]()
from the small blind for 473,000 over the top of Cristian Mihu's opening bet to 64,000 from early position.
Mihu called it off with ![]()
and the board fell ![]()
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to double up the Londoner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
527,000
|
527,000 |
|
|
298,000
802,000
|
802,000 |
Sam Grafton opened to 65,000 pre-flop from early position with ![]()
and got raised by Ka Him Li with ![]()
from the cut-off. Grafton called and the two men were heads-up to a flop.
The flop came ![]()
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and Grafton checked. Li made it 135,000 and Grafton called. On the turn of
, both men checked. The river of
saw Grafton lead for 180,000 but Li folded. Grafton will still be happy with the chips he made that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
512,000
|
512,000 |
|
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|
|
1,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Sam Grafton raised under the gun to 45,000 and was called by Ka Him Li with ![]()
, Cristian Mihu with ![]()
and Shah Raza with ![]()
.
The flop of ![]()
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saw play checked to Cristian Mihu on the button, and he bet 65,000. Li raised all-in and everyone folded, Grafton getting away from potentially a painful hand with the kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
923,000
|
923,000 |
|
|
1,300,000 | |
|
|
1,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
888,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
|
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Philippe Souki still leads after the first few hands, but Cristian Mihu and Shah Raza are still hunting him down, and Mihu in particular is getting closer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Jose Lopez made it 52,000 from the hijack position with ![]()
and saw Mikhail Pokrepa call with ![]()
. Charles Chattha called with ![]()
but when it came around to Ha Kim Li, he shoved all-in for 467,000 with pocket queens.
Lopez folded, but so too did Pokrepa and Chattha, Li gets it through, but Pokrepa had a premium hand there and remains short-stack.
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
With nine players remaining, here are the stacks and players as they line up:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristian Mihu | 1,611,000 |
| 2 | Shah Raza | 1,226,000 |
| 3 | Jose Lopez | 974,000 |
| 4 | Sam Grafton | 725,000 |
| 5 | Mikhail Pokrepa | 729,000 |
| 6 | Charles Chattha | 573,000 |
| 7 | Ka Him Li | 477,000 |
| 8 | Philippe Souki | 1,817,000 |
| 9 | Enzo Del Piero | 539,000 |
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