Mazin Khoury Eliminated in 16th Place ($12635)
In what has been the largest pot of the tournament, two of the biggest stacks went up against each other, and there was indeed a war.
The war started harmless with Mazin Khoury raising to 24,000 preflop. His battle was against Dimitar Yosifov. Yosifov 3-bet to 65,000. The rest folded and action was back on Khoury. He 4-bet to 115,000. Now it was the Yosifov warrior who had to combat the raise. Yosifov stuck out a load of orange equaling over 200,000. Khoury looked back at his cards and announced "all in". Yosifov snap-called and the battle was to be played out on the board with all 1,234,000 going to the victor.
Khoury:
Yosifov:
Yosifov was well ahead. The flop came . The turn the . The river and the final stab was . That did it for Khoury as he only had 6,000. His amazing run ended the next hand.
The victor, Dimitar Yosifov, won the biggest pot of the tournament. He turned his big stack into a monster stack with 1,234,000. He is all but surely heading into the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dimitar Yosifov |
1,234,000
899,000
|
899,000 |
Mazin Khoury | Busted |