And You Say Chi-City
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Over at Table 17, Mohsin Charania and Hiren Patel are seated in seats seven and eight respectively. The two friends hail from the Windy City of Chicago, and it's ironic to see them seated next to each other here on a Day 1b in Berlin, Germany.
Charania is of course the defending EPT Grand Final champion. He defeated Lucille Cailly heads up, earning €1,350,000 and a big shiny trophy.
While Patel doesn't have the best results live, you don't want to come across him online - he's earned over $3 million playing online tournaments.
At an adjacent table is Faraz Jaka, a transplant Chicagoan. Jaka went to college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Charania took a small hit to start the day. He and two opponents took a flop of 
, and Charania led out for 2,250 from the blinds. One player callled, and the turn brought the 
. Charania slowed down, checking to his opponent who fired 11,000. Charania tank-folded, and dipped down to around 26,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |