Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
While Mansour Matloubi and Peter Plater slipped down further, Jun Obara as one of the other short stacks made a move that eventually paid off. Obara open-shoved for 117,000 from the small blind and Sathesh Muthu called in the big blind.
Jun Obara: 
Sathesh Muthu: 
The 
flop didn't change much yet, but Obara improved to a pair of kings on the 
turn. A blank 
river ensured the double up and Muthu lost the lead for the first time since mid-way through the first level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
245,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
105,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
85,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
flop took away some outs from Li and Asmolov locked up the double with the 
on the turn, making the 
river a formality. "King queen again?" Li was asked and he simply nodded.
. When he was done with raking in the pot. he sheepishly asked "nine no good?" and Muthu showed no reaction.
flop and checked again the 
flop. The 
turn changed nothing whatsoever, nor did the 
on the river.
for queens and eights, but that ended up second-best to the 
for a rivered straight of Lee.
turn locked uop things with quads, and the 
