Level 9
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The table of Ben Heath was three-handed after two players bowed out in Pedro Marques and Pedro Garagnani. They were waiting for new players to arrive and the field was balanced shortly after as several other contenders bowed out in quick succession.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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450,000
45,500
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45,500 |
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195,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
on the button. Dietrich Fast was in the tank in the cutoff and reluctantly folded to get shown the 
by Yotsushika.
flop had Schumacher on very thin ice but he gained some unlikely equity with the 
turn. However, the 
river only improved Okamura to aces full as the German became one of the early casualties.
out of the big blind, which had made a full house on the 
with 31,000 in the middle. 
- for the higher two pair on the board but O'Dwyer tabled the 
with 18,500 in the middle already.
for the pair of eights.
on the river. Kulev's cards were briefly shown but Thorel had the best of it with the 
who came out on top on the 
