Sammartino Eliminated; Kempe Also Gone
The seat that formerly belonged to Rainer Kempe was now filled by Richard Yong and the German was roaming around the table and explained what had happened. Peter Chan opened to 10,000 before the break, Kempe three-bet to 29,000, Chan made it 100,000 to go and called the shove for around 295,000 by Kempe.
Kempe had 
, while Chan showed 
. The board came nine-high with three spades, and the sevens held up to eliminate Kempe. Just that moment Dario Sammartino was eliminated for the second time today on Kempe's former table.
Benjamin Wu raised to 14,000 from the button, Sammartino shoved for 122,000 and Chan asked for a count in the big blind before folding. Wu checked his own stack and had Sammartino covered by around 25,000, then called after some consideration.
Dario Sammartino: 
Benjamin Wu: 
The flop of 
left Sammartino in desperate shape, while the 
turn gave him a gutshot. A blank 
river changed nothing anymore and that was it for Sammartino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
730,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
280,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted | |