Avigal Drills the Turn, Eliminates a Player
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Meir Avigal alerted PokerNews to an early hand that has vaulted him toward the chip lead.
According to Avigal, he opened to 14,000 in the hijack with 
and received calls from the players in the blinds.
On a flop of 
, Avigal continued for 25,000, only receiving a call from Milan Aloric in the big blind.
A 
fell on the turn, giving Avigal his straight, and he bet 70,000. Aloric shoved over top for approximately 170,000, which Avigal snap-called.
Aloric turned over , and an inconsequential 
fell on the river to vault Avigal's stack over 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
816,000 | 184,000 |
|
Busted |
and after Kevric checked, Ricci bet 22,000. Costas responded with a raise to 65,000, which received folds back to Ricci, who took a brief moment to think before also folding.
on the board, Kim Wittendorff bet 41,500 from middle position and Junhui Lee shoved 169,000 into the middle. Wittendorff was deep into the take before emerging with the call. 
with a disappointed look. The river was of no consequence and Lee found a big double early in Day 2.
with around 50,000 in the middle already.
