Ted Lawson - 12th Place
Ted Lawson was crippled by Andy Bloch. Lawson missed a straight draw and a flush draw and slipped to 75,000. He busted out shortly after.
The final table is nine-handed, so we have three more eliminations to go before a final table is set. Dinner break is scheduled as soon as there are nine players remaining or 8:45pm local time... whichever comes first.
oooooh, that feels goooood
Word on the grapevine is that Sherkhan Farnood owns the Kabul Bank in Dubai and perhaps didn't require backers for this event.
He's obviously a very friendly banker, loaning out a chunk of chips to John Duthie and doubling up the EPT entrepreneur in the process.
With , the Duthster had Farnood's pipped pre-flop, and even more pipped on the flop.
A turn followed by a river gave Duthie the winning hand with just one pair, avoiding the King or Eight that would have straightened Farnood's hand.