Matt Marafioti has been grinding the short stack for quite some time on the feature table, and he finally got the double up he was looking for.
Chanracy Khun started the action by raising to 20,000 in middle position. Marafioti was next to act, and he moved all in for 103,000. It folded around to Khun, and after about 20 seconds of thought, he tossed in the call.
Khun: 
Marafioti: 
The flop came down 
, which kept Marafioti in the lead but gave Khun a straight draw as well. Any paint would do for Khun, but he didn't get it on the turn, the 
, or the river, the 
.
Marafioti let out a big sigh of relief and pumped his fist as he got the double up to 229,000, while Khun drops to 242,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
229,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
in the hijack.
flop was no help to Palacios, but the 
did give him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the 
blanked on the river and he was sent to the rail here in Level 19.
flop, 
turn, and 
. Crispino then turned his hand over while exhaling — 
. Crispino shook his head at having missed the opportunity to get a needed triple.
flop, Elisabeth Hille and Frank Marro were involved in a series of bets and raises that culminated with Marro calling all in for roughly 450,000.
turn and 
river was all she wrote for Marro, while boosting Hille's stack to seven figures.
. Demirdjian fired 100,000 on the river and Hellman thought for about thirty-seconds before moving out 235,000 total.
for a rivered set of eights and Demirdjian slammed the table in frustration. In dragging this pot, Hellman is now up to 1,800,000.
, and Stjernvang checked. Mizzi fired 55,000, and Stjernvang called.
, both players checked, and the river was the 
for a set of fours, and Mizzi mucked his hand.
and Wolpert has one million more than the average stack.
