Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Two very short stacks picked up offsuit aces at the same time and their chips flew in preflop, with the deep-stacked big blind giving them both a spin for under five big blinds.
Xenophon Constantiou: 
Sidney Button: 
Big blind big stack: 
The board ran out 
and Button picked up ￡230 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
-86,000
|
-86,000 |
|
Busted |
. When it folded back to Hussein, he called at lightspeed with 
changed nothing.
, picked off by Andrew Mackenzie with the dominating 
. The 
on the flop sealed the deal.
board, we found Robert Watt all-in vs. Saifur Chowdhury, who'd bet 100,000 into a pot of over 150,000. Chowdhury had bet 50,000 on the 
turn, Ponomarev calling. The river brought the 
. Hussein checked again, Cape bet 45,000 and Hussein set her all in (putting 170,000 in front of him). She made the call, showing down 
, while Hussein tabled 
. The river was the 
of Christopher Stringer, but the 
