Mini Championship ($1,100)

Ilia Barkov open shoved 1,015,000 (13 BB) utg and was challenged by Leo Soma on the cutoff.

A 50-50 situation, Barkov bid his hopes of the title goodbye as Soma landed a boat on board 7♦ 7♥ 3♦ 8♣ A♥ to take the win.

Ilia Barkov opened 120,000 utg and was joined by Peter Kiem and Ahmed Abdellatif behind.

Action on flop A♥ K♦ J♠ checked round to turn 7♦ , where Barkov led 80,000. Abdellatif called on the button and arrived at showdown shortly after river 3♣ welcomed no more bets.

Barkov showed pair of kings K♣ Q♠ and picked up the pot.

Today's Mini Championship Day 2 battle is down to its final two tables with Malaysia's Jason Lau continuing to reign. Listed up top is $87,027 including a $1,100 entry to the WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Chip Count Update

Ilia Barkov opened utg and Bobby Zhang defended his big blind.

On flop 7♠ 3♥ 5♣ , Zhang check called another 80,000 and went ahead to lead 150,000 on turn 8♣ . Barkov found no reason to continue and got out of the way.

Down short having lost a flip just a few hands prior, Rahul Melwant flicked in his last 70,000 (3 BB) on the small blind and was up against button raiser Ilia Barkov.

Board 3♣ 8♥ 7♦ K♦ 3♠ landed Melwant two pair, keeping him in the Mini Championship running.

Daniel Lengyel open raised all-in for 385,000 (15 BB) on the hijack and saw Ilia Barkov on the button rise to the challenge.

Lengyel in search of an ace, found none on board K♠ 7♠ 7♣ T♣ K♦ , sending him out of the Day 2 games.

Sreekanth Narayanan went with K♦ J♥ for his last 282,000 (14 BB) on the cutoff and was followed by another all-in from Ilia Barkov right behind.

Narayanan slightly behind, accepted his fate as board A♠ A♣ J♦ 2♣ K♣ left him drawing slim straight away.

Shahin Norouzian opened on the hijack, called by player on the small blind. Ilia Barkov on the big blind, sent out a three bet to 150,000, to which Norouzian responded with another raise to 400,000. Both players threw in the fold, with Barkov saying, "I’ll save my life" as he tossed his hand in the muck.