button in SafariBiao Ding Eliminated in 9th ($78,000)
Biao Ding came up just short of the official final table, after losing a flip in a battle of the blinds with Alejandro Lococo.
The Argentine would put all 4,500,000 of his soldiers in the middle from the small blind, and Ding elected to move in for his tournament life in response.
Biao Ding: A♥10♦
Alejandro Lococo: 2♣2♥
It was a classic race and Lococo surged well-clear when the 10♠6♦2♠ flop came down. The K♦ turn and 3♣ river changed nothing and Ding was the first to leave the feature stage.