The Check's in de Mel
Priyan de Mel has been working the short stack pretty much all day, patiently biding his time for some decent cards to come around at him. De Mel finally found ace-king to work with, to be exact, and he managed to get all his chips in the middle on a coin flip. It was Keith Hawkins who looked him up with , de Mel all in for his last 25,100.
He stood from his chair, apparently a bit nervous about his fate. He need not worry, however. The dealer saved his tournament life with a board of , and de Mel can sit back down and keep grinding. He's now got twice as many chips as he did before, though, as he and "The Camel" have essentially traded stacks.