Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
JC Alvarado and Artem Metalidi got all the chips in pre-flop and it was left to a good old fashioned race to decide the fate of Alvarado’s tournament life.
JC Alvarado: 
Artem Metalidi: 
Unfortunately for the Mexican, the board ran out 
and he departed in 15th place while Metalidi stacked up to 376,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
376,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
Busted |
and the rail of the Belgian, including Pierre Calamusa and Fabrice Soulier, applauded as Kitai made a backdoor straight to triple up. Yu however was sent to the rail.
with the Russian facing down a 106,000 bet from the Canadian.
and hitting gin when the flop came down 
. Unaware he had walked into a monster Hongjun checked the action over to Salter, who fired for 27,000. The Chinese player sealed his demise after choosing to check raise to 62,000 with Salter craftily smooth calling to set the trap.
turn and Salter smooth-called once again and the river came down a meaningless 
. 
, Li checked and Alvarado bet 23,000. Li check-raised to 50,000 and Alvarado folded.
flop, Petrangelo checked and Dvoress bet 28,000, which only Petrangelo called. After the