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Alex Tikholiz - 9th Place
We've found our first elimination of the final table. Short-stacked Alexandr Tikholiz open-shoved from the button. After Phillip Willcocks passed in the small blind, Dong-bin Han called from the big blind.
Tikholiz:
Han:
Han was pumped to see that he was in the lead. A flop of gave a minor sweat, however, as it raised the specter of a chopped pot with a board pair. The gave Tikholiz a few more chop outs. The board did pair on the river, but it was the . Each player made trip aces, but Han's kicker played.