Metaal Gets Lucky
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
It's unclear if it was all in pre-flop action or not but we arrived to the table with the chips already in the pot which was about 100,000 and the flop had just been fanned out which was 
. Govert Metaal was in late position and had tabled 
. Upeshka De Silva was in the hijack and had shown 
.
The board looked great for De Silva but it ran out with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river giving Metaal a flush and keeping his hopes alive in this final event of the 2017 WSOP.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
99,000
74,000
|
74,000 |