Maz Abdallah Knocks Out Two in a Row to End Day 1B

Maz Abdallah (pictured) raises from under the gun, James Salmon reraises all in for about 23,000 from the button and Abdallah calls with , racing with Salmon’s .

The board comes down , giving Abdallah a flush to eliminate Salmon.

On the next hand, T.K. Miles raises to 3,000 from under the gun and the player in the small blind calls. Abdallah three-bets to 16,200 from the big blind, Miles folds, the player in the small blind four-bets all in for about 20,000 and Abdallah calls.

Abdallah shows , leading his opponent’s .

The board comes down , safe for Abdallah to score another elimination.

In the final two levels of the night, Abdallah has run up his stack from about 80,000 to 469,500 to ends as the overwhelming chip leader.

Maz Abdallah – 469,500 (391 bb)