Monday, November 20, 2017 6:23 PM Local Time
Short Stacks Staying Afloat
None of the four remaining players are particularly short-stacked, but Fernando Galvan and Chris Tham are well in front of the other two, sitting with about 75 percent of the total chips between them. As such, Corey Hochman and Ali Imsirovic are in a battle to stay afloat. So far, they are.
In a recent pot, Galvan opens the button to 200,000, and Tham calls in the small blind. From the big blind, Hochman squeezes all in for 1,675,000 total, and both Galvan and Tham quickly fold.
The next hand, Galvan raises to 200,000 under the gun, and Imsirovic defends his big blind. The flop is , and Imsirovic check-calls a bet of 175,000. They both check through the turn, and the river is the . Imsirovic bets 750,000, and Tham folds.
Ali Imsirovic - 2,470,000 (25 bb)
Corey Hochman - 2,115,000 (21 bb)