A Miracle For Gomez, Afanasyev Stays Alive

The final nine could've been set after a monster three-way clash just now, but things didn't go Pavel Plesuv's way. Plesuv raised to 25,000 and from his left Javier Gomez moved all in for 194,000 chips. Anton Afanasyev was next to act and he moved all in, after which the action was on Abdelkader Benhalima.

Plesuv acted very quickly, and called all in, exposing the . Benhalima was upset, but in the end he folded.

Plesuv:
Gomez:
Afanasyev:

The board ran out and Gomez hit a set, Afanasyev hit an ace and Plesuv was left out paying off two players. Gomez tripled up and Afanasyev kept himself alive.