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After one orbit around the table, Michael Mariakis and John Tech faced the same battle as before with both of them on the blinds, however, things didn’t turn out like the previous encounter.
As everyone folded to Tech on the small blind, he raised it up to 130K and Mariakis smooth-called.
At the flop of A♣ 10♠ 3♣, Tech sent out a continuation bet of 130K but got raised to 300K by Mariakis. This time it was Tech who smooth-called.
With the turn landing 9♥, the intensity between the players lay thick in the room. Tech quietly checked to Mariakis who took some time to decide his next move. Mariakis eventually moved all in and in a snap Tech called.
Tech: A♥ 10♦ top pair
Mariakis: 8♣ 6♣ gut shot draw / flush draw
Though he had several outs, the A♠ river card was not one of them. Mariakis bows out in 5th place and collects P696,000 for his great run at the Main Event.
Tech is now the overwhelming chip leader with 2.6M in his arsenal.