After losing a big race to John Phan the next time the chips went in the middle it was Amit “Amak316″ Makhija who had his tournament life at stake. Phan had opened for 300k and Makhija moved all in for just under 2 million. Phan again stood and walked around the table before [...]

Pocket deuces for one, ace king for the other. All in preflop for a huge pot that will likely be the deciding pot in heads up play. Amit “Amak316″ Makhija (left) opened the pot for 320k and John Phan raised to 1.2 million. Amit then moved all in and after standing up [...]

It didn’t take long for Amit “Amak316″ Makhija to get back to the chip lead. The very next hand after doubling up John Phan he was able to retake the chip lead and also put himself into heads up play with John Phan.
The chips that pushed Amit to the chip lead came at the [...]

After holding the chip lead for all of the late stage of the tourney, one double up took Amit “Amak316″ Makhija out of the top spot and put John Phan (right) there. Amit had opened the pot for 300k and John Phan moved all in for around 2.4 million. Makhija called with pocket [...]

“Amit is really playing good,” Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson said when I ran into him while the final three were on break. Amit “Amak316″ Makhija has continued to prosper in 3 handed play. He is up to 7 million chips while the other 2 both have right at 2 million chips.
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