Kovacks Kicked Out, Mehmet Meets His Maker
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Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The field has been reduced to 26 players after the recent eliminations of Andreas Kovacs and Arif Mehmet.
Kovacs shipped the last of his stack into the middle before the flop with 
, only to run into the 
of Bodo Sbrzesny, who improved to trips after the board ran out 
. For the first time in this tournament, Ben Delaney has been overtaken for the chip lead, as Sbrzesny now holds over 256,000 in chips.
A short time later, Mehmet moved all-in on the feature table with 
, but was outdrawn by Leo Boxell's 
, which paired up on the board of 
. Given that we're only two eliminations from the money (and a few minutes away from the break), the action has slowed to a crawl.