Banerji and Perati Among the Leaders
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Yehoram Houri lost most of his stack with kings to ace-queen and was then all in for just 40,000 with pocket aces against the pocket eights of Shantanu Banerji. An eight appeared right away and that was it for the Frenchman.
Joining Banerji at the top of the counts is Muhamet Perati, who continues his hot run in the main room. He raised big and Bjoernar Kvamme three-bet shoved for 80,000 in the small blind with 
. Perati snap-called with 
and the board came 
to eliminate the Norwegian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
675,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
610,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |