Mark Taylor was short and shoved his stack to the middle holding . Tim van Meene woke up with and looked him up. The board ran out and Taylor made his exit.
Vitalii Belyaev was first to act and made it 22,000. His neighbor Mark Taylor three-bet to 53,000 and Irena Macesovic under the gun plus two shoved for 259,000. Action folded back to Belyaev and he reshoved. Taylor called all in just about instantly.
Vitalii Belyaev:
Mark Taylor:
Irena Macesovic:
"Wow! Wow!" said Charlo Azzopardi as he called over someone on the rail to witness it all.
The flop came and Macesovic asked for a blank on the turn so the two would be drawing dead; "No 2 no nothing!"
The on the turn was a blank and the made things official.
Tournament director John Scanlon informed all the players that a maximum of 10 levels would be played today, or down to a final table of 9, whichever comes first.
Action folded to Charlo Azzopardi in the hijack and he opened for 21,000. Big blind Joseph Said made the call and lead out for 12,000 on . Azzopardi raised to 36,000 and Said made the call without much hesitation.
The fell on the turn and Said asked how much Azzopardi had behind. Azzopardi showed he had around 110,000 or so, and Said announced he was all in. Azzopardi made the call.
Charlo Azzopardi:
Joseph Said:
The river guaranteed both players a chop, and they both got their investment back plus some interest.