Nervous First Orbit at Final Table
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
TThe final nine are feeling each other out, which with a 20-big blind average stack is a short game with few winners. Luigi Shehadeh holds the massive chips lead over the field with more than double anyone’s stack except Cate Halls.
The first big hand of the final saw Stefan Eriksson move all-in pre-flop with 
865,000, but he took it away unchallenged.
Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez looked down at 
in middle position and bet 225,000, so Cate Hall called with 
. The flop of 
saw Lopez continue and take it down.
Luigi Shehadeh had used his stack to inflate the pot pre-flop with 
, but after the flop came 
, he saw Jose Alberto Lopez Gonzalez bet 225,0000 (with 
) and that took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
|
2,900,000
880,000
|
880,000 |
|
2,700,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
1,900,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
1,500,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
1,400,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
1,100,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
1,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
825,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
versus 
thanks to a board of 
and Carlos Garcia Rodriguez was the next player at risk for 11 big blinds. Hamza Miri looked him up with two big blinds more and the cards were tabled.
and the Spaniard found a king on the turn to double and leave Miri very short.
. He called and they saw a flop of 
. 
, but with neither having a diamond, both checked. The river 
saw the hand completed and Miri celebrate.
and the Spaniard doubled.
