Hand 26: Sangkyoun Kim eliminates Simon Randall in 9th place ($ 16,192)

Button: Randall (seat 1) – Sangkyoun Kim raises to 40,000, Randall goes all-in for a total of 144,000 and Kim calls. Randall has As Qd and Kim Kc 10h. The flop (7s Kh 8h) hits Kim, as does the turn (Kd), sending Randall out in ninth place

Hand 25: Joe Hachem

Button: Tan (seat 9) – On a flop of 10d Qc 9h, the short-stack Hachem moves all-in after a pre-flop raise of 45,000. Lieu called, but threw it away after the flop.

Hand 24: Dinh Le

Button: Kim (seat 8) – It’s a five-way pot featuring Tan, Randall, Lieu, Dinh Le and Patry. The flop comes Jd 2s 6c, and it’s checked around to Dinh Le who makes it 56,000 – enough to claim the pot.

Hand 23: Guillaume Patry

Button: Patry (seat 7) – Lieu limps, in, Tam pops it up to 60,000 and Patry comes to life with a reraise to 140,000. Lieu and Tam get out of the way.

Hand 22: Split pot – Randall/Tam

Button: Le (seat 6) – Randall raises 57,000, Tam pushes all-in to make the pot 287,000 total and Randall calls. It’s Ad Kh for Randall and As Ks for Tam! The board reads 7c 6s Kc Qs 7d, giving Randall some anxious moments before the pot is split.

Latest chip count:

• Seat 1: Simon ‘vuka’ Randall (UK) 159,000


• Seat 2: Liz Lieu (United States) 232,000


• Seat 3: William ‘walrus_poker’ Tam (Australia) 293,000


• Seat 4: Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier (France) 455,000


• Seat 5: Joe Hachem (Australia) 130,000


• Seat 6: Dinh ‘Darren’ Le (England) 710,000


• Seat 7: Guillaume ‘TheGrrr…’ Patry (Canada) 575,000


• Seat 8: Sangkyoun Kim (South Korea) 422,000


• Seat 9: Ivan Tan (Singapore) 549,000

Hand 21: Joe Hachem

Button: Hachem (seat 5) – ElkY raises to 35,000, Hachem reraises another 50,000, ElkY folds and the Hachem fan club, led by his younger brother Tony, gives their man a nice round of applause.

Hand 20: Ivan Tan

Button: ElkY (seat 4) – Tan pops it up to 48,000 total and after some initial interest from Dinh Le, takes it down.

Hand 19: Dinh Le

Button: Tam (seat 3) – Dinh Le raises to 53,000 total and gets no callers. In his first major live tournament, he shows he’s not intimidated by the big names around him by showing queen-high.