Mini Championship ($1,100)

The day's action is nearing ITM with only three more eliminations to go before the flight wraps up. 33 players are guaranteed a spot into the Final Day games, as well as a portion of the prize pool.

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Up against a late position open and a call, Remy Murcia on the button, stuffed his 167,000 (17 BB) stack in and was challenged by initial raiser Ahmed Abdellatif.

Murcia dominated, avoided elimination as board T♦ 8♠ 7♥ 9♦ 3♣ landed both players a jack-high straight for a split pot.

“Okay I'll take that. I'm not greedy”, commented Murcia following the runout.

Fabrice Giz open jammed 138,000 (14 BB) utg and saw Ahmed Abdellatif behind reshove to isolate. All else folded, leaving the two to showdown.

Giz drawing slim, exited the arena, having missed to improve on board A♣ A♦ 5♠ T♠ 3♦ .

Ahmed Abdellatif opened utg+1 and called a 44,000 three bet from Daisuke Abiko behind.

Action on flop Q♥ 9♥ T♦ checked round to turn 4♦ , where Abdellatif went ahead and led for 65,000. Abiko failed to continue, shipping Abdellatif the pot right then and there.

Blind vs blind preflop action between Ahmed Abdelattif and Peter Kiem brewed a juicy pot of 15,000 in the middle. Abdelattif took the aggressive route and went for an all-in for his last 22,300 straight away on flop A♠ 2♥ 6♠ . Kiem snap called right behind with top pair, top kicker A♦ K♥ , putting Abdelattif at risk with a flush draw K♠ 3♠ .

Turn 7♥ and river 9♦ offered no spades, sending Abdelattif out early in the Mini Championship games.

Wonchul Bae opened 600 utg+1, followed by a raise to 1,500 from Andrew Hawes on the cutoff. Ahmed Abdellatif padded it further to 4,000 on the button and saw both opponents complete.

Action on flop A♣ 2♠ 9♥ was checked to Abdellatif, prompting him to bet 10,000. Both gave it up straight away, earning Abdellatif the pot.