Mustafov Down, But Not Out
Frank Stepuchin opened to 150,000 from the cutoff and Freddy Deeb shipped all in for 2,285,000 in the small blind. Fahredin Mustafov asked for a count and then re-shoved all in from the big blind which got Stepuchin to fold.
Deeb turned over 
and was dominating Mustafov's 
. The flop came 
to give both players a pair, Deeb with the larger one. The 
and 
runout didn't help Mustafov as he sent a double up to Deeb.
Down to just 795,000 chips, Mustafov moved all in from the small blind when the action was folded to him in the next hand. Tom Marchese quickly called from the big blind and the cards were on their backs.
Mustafov was the one in a dominating position this time with 
against Marchese's 
. The flop of 
gave Mustafov a commanding lead and the 
on the turn locked up the pot for him as he doubled up the very next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,960,000 | -845,000 |
|
4,700,000 | 2,505,000 |
|
1,660,000 | -1,440,000 |