Badziakouski Wins Staring Contest; Yong Gone
Koray Aldemir is slowly but surely getting very short in chips and Mustapha Kanit, who had peaked at more than 110,000 earlier, was cut back down to half of that again as well.
Bryn Kenney's stack was going up step by step, but he just took a small hit. In a battle of the blinds, Kenney limped in and Mikita Badziakouski checked his option in the big blind. On the 
flop, Kenney bet 3,000 and was called by Badziakouski before firing a second bet worth 7,000 on the 
turn.
Badziakouski then raised to 22,000 and both players entered a staring contest. Badziakouski was hiding part of his face behind a scarf and Kenney folded after giving it plenty of consideration.
In the meanwhile, Wai Kin Yong has been blinded out without playing a single hand to reduce the field to the last 16.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
139,000
4,200
|
4,200 |
|
||
|
110,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
57,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |