John Myung moved all in from early position for 185,000 and Mihai Manole made the call from the button.
Tyler Cornell talked to the Tournament Director about if he would receive more money (the ninth place $45,247) if he also busted on the same hand since he had more chips.
After being informed that he indeed would receive more, Cornell moved all in for 410,000 from the small blind. Manole asked for a count and deliberated for nearly two minutes before calling the additional 225,000 to put both players at risk.
Myung:
Manole:
Cornell:
The board ran out to see Myung eliminated in 10th place for a $35,051 as Cornell climbs to over a million in chips.
Although John Myung is a short, and players are mustard keen to get to that final table, they aren't losing their focus and calling with any two. With the blinds at 15,000/30,000 (4,000), Myung just pushed from late position for a total of 118,000. Everyone folded around to Manole in the big blind, who, although has chips to spare and must have felt the pressure of eight other players willing him to call, decided to allow Myung to fight another day.
John Myung opened to 80,000 from under the gun only to have Justin Zaki move all in for 464,000 from the big blind.
After some deliberation, Myung made the call to put Zaki at risk.
Myung:
Zaki:
The flop of left Myung drawing to only one out, and once the and fell on the turn and river, he was crippled to 176,000 as Zaki doubled through to over 950,000 in chips.
Progress is very slow at the moment. It would appear as though none of the players are willing to put themselves in a position that could make them vulnerable to finishing in 10th. We often talk about the prestige of the bracelet, but there's also an element of honor in making a WSOP final table, and I think that is evident here.
On the first hand of 10-handed play, the action stopped on John Myung in the cut-off who made it 57,000 to go: Taylor Larkin defended his big blind.
After both players had checked the flop, Myung led for 67,000 on the turn and Larkin made the call. On the river, Myung once again fired a shell, this time to the tune of 120,000. Again, Larkin made the call before showing . Myung mucked his hand.
One more elimination and we will be at the Event #49 final table.
Seat 1: John Myung
Seat 2: Chadwick Grimes
Seat 3: Benjamin Smith
Seat 4: Taylor Larkin
Seat 5: Alexander Kuzmin
Seat 6: Mihai Manole
Seat 7: Erle Mankin
Seat 8: Tyler Cornell
Seat 9: Michael Linn
Seat 10: Justin Zaki
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to see Myung eliminated in 10th place for a $35,051 as Cornell climbs to over a million in chips.
left Myung drawing to only one out, and once the 
and 
fell on the turn and river, he was crippled to 176,000 as Zaki doubled through to over 950,000 in chips.
flop, Myung led for 67,000 on the 
. Myung mucked his hand.
