When play was 9-handed, Alexander Matveev saw his stack drop to just 3bb. Sitting in the big blind, he found a fold when faced with a shove from Khaly Dang and a flat call by Pirooz Bayat. He enjoyed a pay-jump as Khaly was eliminated in the hand, and then found back-to-back double ups in the two next hands.
He hung around a while longer, and saw the field drop by another player before he finally found another hand to push with. From under the gun +1 he moved in for 120K and went heads-up with Pirooz, who made the call from the button.
Alexander: 
Pirooz: 
Pirooz rivered a flush on the 
board, ending Alexander’s run in 7th place. He now sits on a stack worth 2.5 million, and is the only player above the 1-million chip average. Lukas Soucek and Frederic Pierre sit at around 900K each.
7th place: Alexander Matveev – $8,010.00
