No Three-Peat as Mokri Falls Short of a Third Consecutive Victory
Kayhan Mokri raised to 45,000 under the gun, and only Espen Jorstad called out of the big blind.
Jorstad checked after the dealer fanned out the flop of K♠K♥J♦, and Mokri laid out a bet of 25,000. Jorstad continued in the form of a call.
The 5♣ dropped on the turn and Jorstad checked again. Mokri bet 105,000 and was met by a check-raise to 360,000 from Jorstad. Mokri thought for a few moments, then made the call with around a million remaining in his stack.
A 4♣ peeled off on the river, and Jorstad jammed for the rest of Mokri's stack. Mokri used up one of his time banks, then slammed in the call for the remainder of his stack.
Jorstad had turned a full house with 5♠5♥, which was good enough to send the tournament to the final table as Mokri showed K♦Q♣ for trips. Jorstad moved up to 3,700,000, and the back-to-back defending champion was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,705,000
1,505,000
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1,505,000 |
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Busted | |
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