Simon Sends Gibbs Out; Hebbar Puts Bad Beat on Khachatryan
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Michael Gibbs was all in for 130,000 preflop and was up against Keanon Simon.
Michael Gibbs: A♦Q♠
Keanon Simon: A♥K♠
The 8♦10♦J♣ flop gave Gibbs extra outs, but the 4♣ turn and 8♠ river provided no help, eliminating him.
Over at an adjacent table, one of the start-of-day chipleaders, Levon Khachatryan, had been knocked out by Shreesh Hebbar. As recounted by the players at the table, Khachatryan got his pocket kings in preflop against Hebbar's ace-king suited for a huge pot.
Hebbar flopped a flush to leave Khachatryan drawing dead, sending him to an early exit.