Mikita Badziakouski Eliminated in 8th (HK$1,712,000)

Level 19 was just minutes old before the final table had its first casualty with Mikita Badziakouski the man to fall first, with Germany’s Manig Loeser sending the Belarusian player to the rail.

Badziakouski had dropped down to just over 700,000 in chips and moved all-in from the button with Loeser re-raising all-in to isolate from the small blind and the cards were turned over.

Mikita Badziakouski:
Manig Loeser:

The Belarusian was in bad shape and it did not get any better on the flop. Badziakouski kept calling for the , especially when the hit the turn to give him an open-ended straight draw but the river was of no help and Badziakouski headed for the exit, collecting the equivalent of $219,256 for his deep run while Loeser recouped his earlier loss against Paschalidis.