The first three hands at the final table were all decided pre-flop with no action before we got the first fireworks. The UK’s Jack Salter lit the blue touch paper with a middle position limp and the action folded around to Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff, who popped it up to 100,000.
The table folded around to David Peters in the big blind, who asks how much both players have behind – Salter has around 650,000 and Badziakouski has around 1.9 million – and he made the call.
Salter then check-raised all-in and Badziakouski hit the think tank. It was all Hollywood though as he wanted Peters to call. Unfortunately this does not work out quite as planned.
Peters folded and Badziakouski rolled over 
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“I wasn’t trying to slow roll you,” said Badziakouski, ‘I was just trying to get some more action.”
“Don’t worry, I’m pretty lucky,” quipped Salter turning over 
This is evident as the flop came down 
to ‘oooohhhhs’ and ‘ahhhhhs’ from the watching rail.
The 
turn and 
river granted Salter the double and the chip lead while Badziakouski took a big hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,370,000
716,000
|
716,000 |
|
460,000
-560,000
|
-560,000 |
|
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failed to improve Dvoress and he bowed out in 10th place. All remaining nine players will now be united on one table and continue right on the money bubble with less than one minute left on the level.
and the Belorussian doubled up for massive 458,000, leaving Quoss short.
flop, Quoss check-called a bet worth 37,000 and both then checked the 
on the turn. Wang then faced a bet worth 80,000 by Quoss on the 
for a pair of kings.
and Petrangelo completed a backdoor straight to stay in two spots off the money.
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meaning Wang’s kicker played and Metalidi departed in 11th place.
