Below are the approximate counts of the players on Table 1. As you can see, Jackson Zheng has stormed away from the competition with a monster stack.
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Asj Taylor was under the gun when he opened it up to 7,500. The action then folded around to Michael Chon in the hijack and he moved all in for 30,500. Taylor made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
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Chon was a slight favourite and looking good to double and it stayed that way as the dealer spread out ![]()
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board.
The players are back in their seats, the cards are in the air and the blinds have inevitably risen yet again.
Three more eliminations and we are in the money.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The 18 remaining players have been sent on their first break of the day.
The bubble is expected to burst soon, so be sure to check back soon!
Below is how the final two tables looks.
Table 1
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chiu Yeung Lee |
| 2 | Ricky Kroesen |
| 3 | Lukas Byrns |
| 4 | Jonathan Bredin |
| 5 | Jakub Kyrian |
| 6 | Daniel Laidlaw |
| 7 | Karl Radel |
| 8 | Daniel Neilson |
| 9 | Jackson Zheng |
Table 2
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Ramakrishnan |
| 2 | Wenjian Qiu |
| 3 | Michael Chon |
| 4 | Geoff Smith |
| 5 | Kenny Frisby |
| 6 | Colin Carpenter |
| 7 | Jon Pierre Narbey |
| 8 | Asj Taylor |
| 9 | Madis Muur |
Check out the approximate chip counts of the players at Table 3. The two two chip leaders are at this table and directly next to each other - Jackson Zheng and Asj Taylor.
Chris Holmes was the short stack of the final 19 players but sadly picked the wrong time to make a steal attempt at the blinds and antes. When action folded to Holmes in late position, he moved all in for 24,300 but Jon Pierre Narbey made the easy call with ![]()
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to see Holmes depart as a table is broken and the final two tables are formed.
Full Tilt Poker qualifier Andrew Forsman was getting short and when action folded to him in the small blind, he looked down at a powerful ![]()
and it was a logical spot to move all in. Unfortunately for Forsman, Raj Ramakrishnan was sitting with ![]()
in the big blind and insta-called.
The board ran out ![]()
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to see Forsman bundled out of the tournament in 20th place as Ramakrishnan climbs to 160,000 chips.
Casey Kastle was short stacked when he shoved all in preflop holding ![]()
. Kastle received a call from Jon Pierre Narbey, who held ![]()
. Kastle would need to find some help to survive, but the ![]()
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board meant that Narbey had hit a set and Kastle had missed the cards he needed.
There are now 20 players remaining as we move ever-closer to the 15 money-paying positions.