It looks like Damir Zhugralin is the current chip leader with around 2,200,000 in his stack right now as the bubble slowly approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
2,156,500
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2,156,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,300,000
1,190,500
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1,190,500 |
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1,250,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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1,100,000
350,000
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350,000 |
|
900,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
850,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
800,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
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|
600,000
520,000
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520,000 |
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450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
450,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
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450,000
275,000
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275,000 |
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300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Esper Sadek just approached PokerNews to explain a huge hand he just played.
Sadek raised under the gun to 25,000 before a short-stacked player shoved for 160,000. Sachin Joshi then jammed over the top with a stack that covered the entire table. After it folded back to Sadek he called for his remaining 500,000.
Esper Sadek: 10x10x 
Short-Stacked Player: AxJx
Sachin Joshi: QxQx
If Joshi could hold with pocket queens, he would move up to almost a stack of two million. However, the board ran out very unfavorably for Joshi as it came 9♠3♠7x8x6x to give Sadek the winner with a rivered ten-high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000
234,000
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234,000 |
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650,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Ashraf Akeh limped from the hijack and Darius Neagoe raised to 40,000 from the cutoff. After the rest of the table folded, Akeh called to see a flop.
When the flop came down 9♦9♥8♣ Akeh shoved for around 70,000 and Neagoe called.
Ashraf Akeh: 6♣6♠
Darius Neagoe: A♠10♠
Akeh had shoved when the safe flop had fallen and just needed to fade the turn and river to double. However, the A♣ turn propelled Neagoe into the lead with top pair. The 10♣ river didn't help Akeh, and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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620,000
346,000
|
346,000 |
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Busted | |
A pot of around 500,000 had already brewed between Mario Colavita and Andrei Roscan on a board of A♦J♥6♣A♠5♠ when Colavita fired a quarter-pot bet of 125,000 on the river. Roscan went into the tank for around two minutes and seemed no closer to making a decision.
Eventually, Roscan did eventually click the call button and mucked when he was shown A♣2♥ by Colavita.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
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950,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
Philip Joyce limped from the small blind and Dmitry Gromov checked his option out of the big blind.
The two players saw the dealer fan out a flop of 10♥3♠6♦ where Joyce check-called a bet of 12,000 from Gromov,
The 10♦ hit the turn and Joyce check-called another 12,000 bet from Gromov.
Joyce checked for the final time on the Q♣ river and Gromov bet 25,000. Joyce thought for a few moments before he check-raised to 100,000. Gromov instantly folded and forfeited the pot to Joyce.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
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830,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Xin Yuan, who lost a gigantic pot at the end of Day 1b yesterday, just extracted some value from Gursel Koca on the river.
The board read 4♣6♣9♠K♠10♣ and after Koca checked the river from the big blind, Yuan fired 40,000 into the pot of around 100,000. After some consideration, Koca called.
Yuan showed A♠10♦ for second pair, and Koca tapped the table before he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
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100,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
Imad Saab opened to 25,000 from the hijack and Ghassan Al-Barwani moved all in for 88,000 from the cutoff. When it folded back to Saab, he made the call to put Al-Barwani at risk.
Ghassan Al-Barwani: A♣J♣
Imad Saab: 10♣10♦
It was a flip that Al-Barwani needed to win. The board ran out A♠Q♠4♣3♠4♦ to give Al-Barwani the winner with a pair of aces and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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480,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
204,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
With around 125,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 8♦10♣2♠, Haghgou Seyedahmad checked from under the gun and Gaspare Sposato fired out a bet of 36,000 from the next seat. Seyedahmad called.
A 3♣ dropped on the turn and again Seyedahmad checked, then after some time, Sposato bet 120,000. Seyedahmad thought about if for around fifteen seconds and called.
When the 7♥ landed on the river, both players quickly knuckled the table and Seyedahmad showed A♣10♦ for top pair, and Sposato mucked his cards.
Both Seyedahmad and Sposato are among the chip leaders and seated next to each other, so there is potential for a mega pot to be played between them!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,500,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
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1,300,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
