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On the last hand before break, Brian Powell put his last chips in the middle with the board reading against Michael Mehallis. Powell was ahead with versus and doubled after the river.
Players then left the table for a 10-minute break.
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Josh Robins
Michael Mehallis limped from early position and Josh Robins followed along with a limp next to act. Nipun Java raised it up to 1,000,000 and Mehallis released.
Robins took a minute, built a stack, and limp/raised to 2,800,000. Java announced all in and Robins quickly called.
Robins: Java:
Robins was in tough shape but the dealer put his card in the window on the flop. The left Java with only the two kings and two jacks for the knockout but the river sent the big double to Robins.
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Andrea Lloha
Andrea Lloha and Ana Clara Freitas were heads up to the flop with Freitas in position. The chips went in the middle and they saw Freitas out-flopped Lloha in the huge pot.
Freitas: Lloha:
Lloha was drawing slim and couldn’t catch the turn or river to exit in ninth place while Lloha stacked up a castle.
Ana Clara Freitas – 9,100,000 (36 bb) Andrea Lloha – Eliminated in 9th place ($22,211)
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David Shmuel
David Shmuel was the shortest stack at the start of the final table and found a hand to take a stand. Michael Mehallis looked him up and they were running out a board.
Mehallis: Shmuel:
Shmuel had two live, suited cards but missed the flop. He did pick up an open-ended straight draw then added a flush draw on the turn. Shmuel had 17 river outs to stay alive but the was a blank to send him out in 10th place.
Michael Mehallis – 11,600,000 (58 bb) David Shmuel – Eliminated in 10th place ($14,279)
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Paulo Treu
Paulo Treu open/shoved for 1,200,000 and the move made it all the way around to Andrea Lloha in the big blind. He took a quick peek at his cards and called with the bigger stack.
Treu: Lloha:
Treu was in trouble with the smaller pair and could not find any help as it ran out to send him to the rail in 11th place.
Tournament staff paused the clock and Event 1 is redrawing the final table ten.
Andrea Lloha – 5,150,000 (26 bb) Paulo Treu – Eliminated in 11th place ($14,279)
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While Manny Minaya was busy doubling up, Ross Ramlal open/shoved for 1,300,000 from the big blind and Mike Mehallis called in the big.
Ramlal: Mehallis:
Ramlal had two live cards to stay alive but bricked the board to exit in 12th place.
Mike Mehallis – 11,900,000 (60 bb) Ross Ramlal – Eliminated in 12th place ($14,279)
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Nipun Java was on the button and heads up with Minny Minaya in the small blind on the first hand of the restart. They saw a flop and Minaya moved all in for 2,225,000.
After thinking it through, Java called to put Minaya at risk.
Minaya: Java:
Java was ahead with the fours but needed to dodge Minaya’s over cards and spade draw. The turn filled the flush for Minaya and the river locked up the early double.
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Nipun Java
Six starting flights over three opening days followed by a long Day 2, none of them were enough to play the huge Event 1 field down to a winner. We have 12 players still in the game with a chance at the title but a lot of them have some work to do.
Nipun Java won two WSOP bracelets this summer and continues his hot streak as he returns for an extra day of poker with a huge chip lead. His 14,925,000 is nearly 5 million better than second place Mike Mehallis and half of the remaining players return with less than 20 big blinds. Java’s stack is close to 25% of the total chips in play, that’s a big lead.
Java has the advantage but it is still anyone’s game with big swings possible to get anyone back in contention.
They will soon retake their seats and get back underway. The first step is to join together at the final table then play down to a big winner.
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