Priyan de Mel Eliminated in 9th Place (�42,600)

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Under the gun plus one, Stefan Mattsson open-raised to 88,000. Action passed all the way around the table to Priyan de Mel's big blind, and he took pause for a moment.

"You're the one who got lucky with ace-queen, right?" he asked. Mattsson nodded in affirmation with a hint of a smirk crossing his lips. With that, de Mel carefully stacked out a raise to 218,000 and slid it across the line. Mattsson didn't waste much time making the call to put a big pot up for grabs heading to the flop.

It came {4-Hearts}

, and de Mel passed. Mattsson figured 201,000 was a good bet, and that's just what he made it. After just a quick five or ten seconds, de Mel announced an all in, and Mattsson beat him into the pot with a call and the covering stack.

Showdown
Mattsson: {3-Diamonds}

De Mel:

Mattsson had flopped his set of threes, but de Mel was drawing live. His overcards were dead, but any old heart would do for now. "I think you're going to win this one," said Mattsson with a shake of his head.

After a long delay to build the suspense, it was time for the turn card. The dealer knocked the table and very slowly peeled a red card off the deck. It was the {7-Diamonds}

though, a blank that took one more out away from de Mel.

He stood to await the final board card, clearly not feeling too optimistic. The river card wasn't much of a sweat as the black paint of the {2-Clubs}

was visible immediately. De Mel shook hands with the table and wished them luck tomorrow as he won't be a part of the final table festivities. He's been knocked off in 9th place, taking home more than �40,000 and setting the stage for the final eight for tomorrow.

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