Karrim Joins the Chip Leaders
After their table broke, Ahmed Karrim and Elai Mazor moved their big stacks over to table six and joined the likes of SM and Brandon Matthews to put well more than one million chips on the table.
Karrim got to work right away and tangled with Matthews in a three-bet pot. On the J♦4♦3♦8♠ turn, Matthews checked in the big blind and called a bet worth 55,000 by Karrim. Matthews checked and sigh-called another 38,000 on the A♠ river. Karrim showed the 4♣3♣ for two pairs and Matthews mucked the K♦K♥.
Karrim then opened to 5,500 and Matthews as well as SM called in the blinds. On a 10♥6♥5♣ flop, the blinds check-called Karrim's 8,500 but check-folded the J♦ turn when Karrim fired a second barrel for 31,000.
In the meanwhile, Jon Per Persent was eliminated by Danny Dayani as the field was cut down further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000 | -25,000 |
|
380,000 | 160,000 |
|
250,000 | -15,000 |
|
240,000 | 155,000 |
|
130,000 | -130,000 |
|
Busted |