Stein Out, Melki Melts & Monro Rises from Nowhere
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With 15-minutes left of Level 8 there are 114 players remaining and an average stack of 55,132. We have just had a peruse along Tables #10-19 and have a lot of news to break.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Sam Stein is out; eliminated at the hands of Rory Matthews. Stein was down to his last few thousand when he opened for 2,100, the button called, Matthews raised pot (9,000), Stein called and the button folded leaving the pair heads-up.
| Matthews |     |
| Stein |     |
Board: 
Matthews with two-pair and Stein was out.
We reported earlier that our former chip leader, Jack Melki, was free-falling down the leader board, and we can now report that he has hit the bottom hard and he won't be getting back up.
He opened to 2,000 in the cutoff before Naoya Kihara three-bet to 6,900 on the button. Melki didn't even think before making the call and they both shared a flop of 
.
"Pot," said Melki.
It didn't matter what the price was because Kihara moved all-in.
"I call…I am tired," said Melki.
| Kihara |    |
| Melki |    |
The turn 
and river finished off the board and Kihara had eliminated the man who had 70,000 chips when the blinds were only 100/200.
That hand placed Naoya Kihara on an impressive looking 108,000, but that was nothing compared to Joe Monro. Monro with fourteen WSOP cashes on his record has somehow amassed 152,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000 | |
|
117,000 | |
|
|
117,000 | 29,000 |
|
117,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
108,000 | |
|
106,000 | 2,500 |
|
93,700 | 73,700 |
|
91,000 | -3,000 |
|
85,000 | 15,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
80,000 | 14,000 |
|
78,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
72,000 | 27,000 |
|
68,000 | |
|
60,000 | 31,000 |
|
59,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
46,500 | -7,500 |
|
|
41,000 | 6,000 |
|
22,000 | -6,000 |
|
20,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
17,500 | -20,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |