Dhru Patel finished Day 1a as the chip leader and eventually he was the overall Day 1 chip leader at the start yesterday. Today Patel came in with a good stack too, but his run just ended with a min cash.
Patel was all in preflop against Ilan Suloman and the showdown went as following.
Suloman:
Patel:
The board ran out and the chips were counted down. Suloman had Patel covered by just a few chips and that means both Day 1 chip leaders are no longer with us. Maximilian Senft was knocked out earlier, short of the money
There was a three-way all in between Rasmus Vogt, Steve Silverman and Jeff Rossiter. It looked as thought Vogt had pushed all in preflop and Rossiter had called in the small blind with Silverman also moving in from the big blind.
Vogt:
Silverman:
Rossiter:
The board came and Rossiter went from worst to first in a split second while the other two were eliminated.
Steven Watts raised to 11,000 preflop and Conor Shelly three-bet to 23,000 in position. Watts looked over at Shelly's stack and called after he got confirmed that his opponent had around 100,000 chips remaining.
The flop brought and Watts check-called 23,000.
On the turn the hit and Watts checked again after which Shelly bet 22,000. Watts hesitated for second before moving all in and Shelly snap-called.
Shelly:
Watts:
The river brought the and Shelly gathered his belongings before exiting the room.
It's still not Yngve Steen's day but by knocking out Stefan Grunewald just now he's back up to around 190,000 chips. Grunewald moved all in preflop and Steen pushed over the top after which the remaining players folded.
Kenny Hallaert was just knocked out ending his tournament run with a min cash. Hallaert's week in London has been amazing as he cashed the UKIPT Main Event, finished third in the UKIPT High Roller and now he ads a Main Event cash to his list of results.
On Hallaert's final hand he reshoved from the small blind for 94,000 and was called by [Removed:17]. Yan had raised from the button and was quite active according to Hallaert who tabled off suit. Yan had and Hallaert's tournament ended.