Level 9
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
In a battle cutoff versus small blind, Elias Vaaraniemi raised and Simon Hemsworth three-bet to 14,000. Vaaraniemi four-bet to around 34,000 and Hemsworth five-bet for more than 70,000 to receive a snap-call.
Hemsworth knew he was in bad shape and turned over his 
with a sheepish smile. Vaaraniemi held the dominating 
and locked up the hand on the turn of a board 
to soar back into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
248,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
flop and the 
turn were of no help, Sinclair indeed got there on the 
river. His friend Feargus Murphy leaned over from the next table and joked "some guys are just too lucky," and the 2018 WSOPE Main Event champion Sinclair jumped back to an average stack in the penultimate level of Day 1a.
, Aganauskas ended up second-best, as the 
turn and 
river gave Rabany a winning flush.
on the river and Vaaraniemi made it 11,800 to go. Buckley studied his opponent carefully and called, but promptly mucked when he was shown the 
fell on the turn. Two red nines would have been quite cruel for the essential source of all things poker on social media, however, the 
river was no threat to let Mathers double.
brought no help for the Belgian and he was gone. Dupuy departed moments later from a different table and then it was Jakub Groblewski who moved all in blind on blind against Jaakko Kayhko.
and Groblewski rivered a pair to remain in contention.
against the 
