button in SafariTight Race in $2M GTD Final Table
Day 3 of the $1,600 No-Limit Hold'em ($2 million guaranteed) event will kick off at noon PT from Wynn Las Vegas on Friday.
It's going to be an intense battle with nine players remaining, and the top four stacks are all close. There's some dropoff from the big stacks and the small stacks, but even the shortest stack, Francis Cruz Pena, will start play at the final table with 13 big blinds (2,650,000).
Mihai Manole has the chip lead at 13,225,000, but it's a slim advantage over Yuekai Liu (12,650,000). Zheming Zhu (11,225,000) and Tom Middleton (11,125,000) are right behind the chip leader. And then Alexander Baek isn't too far back at 9,475,000.
There's a sizable gap between fifth and sixth place, but Cenk Nigbolu (4,775,000) and Chao Duan (4,425,000) can easily spin it up into a big stack quickly.
The tournament, which has over $2.6 miillion in the prize pool, will play down to a winner today. We'll have a recap of the action right here tomorrow.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mihai Manole | 13,225,000 |
| 2 | Yuekai Liu | 12,650,000 |
| 3 | Zheming Zhu | 11,225,000 |
| 4 | Tom Middleton | 11,125,000 |
| 5 | Alexander Baek | 9,475,000 |
| 6 | Cenk Nigbolu | 4,775,000 |
| 7 | Chao Duan | 4,425,000 |
| 8 | Jurii Senchylo | 3,600,000 |
| 9 | Francis Cruz Pena | 2,650,000 |