Chris Moneymaker was getting very short. The Team PokerStars pro came back from break with less than 10 big blinds and got his stack in the middle against Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
Moneymaker:
Troyanovsky:
Moneymaker instantly hated the spot and stood up from the table, gathering his belongings. Moneymaker stood by as the dealer rolled out a board. "I can't believe that held," said Moneymaker as he slid back into his chair and started stacking his new chips.
Daniil Kiselev was one of the shortest stacks coming back from the break and busted soon after the action resumed.
Mikalai Vaskaboikinau open-shoved from under the gun and flashed to claim the blinds and antes. The very next hand, Olga Finogenova shoved her last 17,000 and Vaskaboinikau called in the big blind.
Olga Finogenova:
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau:
The board came and the last woman in the field doubled two off the money.
Seyed Ghavam opened the action with a raise to 11,000 and Nadar Kakhmazov three-bet to 32,500 from one seat over. Maksim Pisarenko four-bet all in for 62,000 and Ghavam quickly folded. Kakhmazov was given some table chat and reluctantly called.
Maksim Pisarenko:
Nadar Kakhmazov:
Pisarenko had little to worry and saw the board run out .
Jonas Lauck raised to 11,000 and Artsiom Zhadinsky called from the cutoff before Mikhail Rudoy three-bet to 36,000 on the button. Both opponents called before the board of was checked through entirely. Lauck showed , Zhadinsky mucked and Rudoy tabled the winner in .
Seyed Ghavam raised to 13,000 and Nacho Barbero flat-called from two seats over in the cutoff. Out of the big blind, Daniyar Aubakirov raised it up to 45,000 and Ghavam quickly folded. Barbero had a stack of around 180,000 and took a long time to make his decision. The clock was about to be called and the Argentinian moved all in, Aubakirov snap-called.
Daniyar Aubakirov:
Nacho Barbero:
The appeared right in the window, and the rest of the board ran out to leave Barbero drawing dead after the turn and reduce the field to the last 56.
The outer table broke and all players were moved to a new home. There are now 56 players remaining on seven tables and the money bubble will be played hand-for-hand.