Hands #5-10: Mokhammad Chops the Lesser Hand
Hand #5: Kamel Mokhammad open-shoved from the small blind for 4,530,000. Robert Mitchell looked at his cards and snap-called in the big blind.
Kamel Mokhammad: 
Robert Mitchell: 
The flop came down 
to give Mokhammad extra hope with a straight draw. The 
on the turn added split outs and the 
river chopped it up.
Hand #6: Francois Evard limped in from the cutoff and Benjamin Underwood checked his option. The flop was 
and Evard bet 725,000. Underwood called the bet. The turn brought the 
and both players checked.
Underwood checked the 
on the river and Evard checked as well. He showed the 
to win the hand.
Hand #7: Underwood limped in from the small blind and Marco Bognanni checked. Underwood bet 500,000 on the 
flop and the Italian called. Underwood kept it up with a 725,000-bet on the turn and Bognanni called once more,
The river was the and both players checked. Underwood won it with the 
.
Hand #8: Underwood made it 850,000 to go on the button and Axel Hallay defended. The flop 
saw both players check. The turn brought the 
and once again, no betting action.
Hallay fired for 2,000,000, around pot, on the 
river and Underwood called after some thought, but he couldn't defeat Hallay's 
for queens and tens.
Hand #9: Hallay limped the small blind and Evard checked. The flop was 
and Hallay won it with a bet of 400,000.
Hand #10: Bognanni made it 900,000 from the cutoff and Mokhammad called the big blind. The flop was 
, where Bognanni took it with a bet of 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
26,700,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
|
25,700,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
19,300,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
7,500,000
-2,300,000
|
-2,300,000 |
|
3,400,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |