Pedersen Claims First Elimination for Today
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Vlada Stojanovic was all-in for his last 190,000 from the cutoff and was called by Simon Pedersen in the big blind.
Vlada Stojanovic: 
Simon Pedersen: 
The flop came 
for Pedersen to hit top pair immediately.
The turn was the 
for Stojanovic to have a glimmer of hope as any nine or ten would give Stojanovic the double-up but the 
meant that Stojanovic was the first to leave the Main Event stage in 44th place for �17,540.
Immediately after, Pedersen picked up another pot where the board read 
with over 300,000 in the middle already. Pedersen bet 80,000 from the small blind and Dimitrios Michailidis folded in the hijack. Pedersen is now sitting on a stack of around a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,230,000
-154,000
|
-154,000 |
|
1,000,000
342,000
|
342,000 |
|
Busted |