Oleksandr Gnatenko had made a 13,500 chip call on a board of 
. He took a river with his opponent of the 
. Gnatenko proceeds to fire out his entire stack of 54,300. This put Gnatenko into the tank. He sits for over 3 minutes not saying a word. Finally he released his hand. He still had an above average stack of 185,000
Erick Lindgren checked to Alexander Lakhov on a flop of 
, and the Russian fired out 5,200. E-Dog called.
The turn was the 
, Lindgren check-called another 12,200 from Lakhov, and the 
completed the board. Lindgren checked a third time, Lakhov fired a final bullet worth 15,000, and Lindgren called.
The Russian showed 
for top-pair, and Lindgren mucked his hand.
Nível: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
In a battle of the blinds Mike Watson opened to 4,000. Frenchman Yorane Kerignard made it 10,100 to go from the big blind and called instantly when Watson put him all in for 56,000 total. Watson showed and was in a race situation with Kerignard's 
. The board came 
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and Watson had to give some chips to his neighbor.
Mazin Khoury opened to 3,200 on the button, Jeremy Ausmus defended his big blind, and the Octo-Niner opted to lead out for 4,000 when the dealer fanned 
. Khoury mucked, and Ausmus picked up the pot.
Ausmus now has nearly 300,000 chips, Khoury has 146,000, and here are some other counts from around the room:
Last time Paul Lieu had sent a bunch of his chips away. He apparently doubled because he had chips when we saw him a few minutes ago. But yet again he sent most of his stack away when his opponent pulled a river full house of 
on a 
board. Lieu did not seem to happy and after the count he went down to 13,000. We will see if he can double again or if he finally gets shipped off for good.
Brandon Cantu raised to 5,500 from under the gun, Barry "Big Dog" Lang called in the cutoff, and the button and both blinds released. The flop came 
, Cantu continued for 6,600, and Lang snap-called.
The turn was the , Cantu opted to check, and Lang fired out 13,000. Cantu released, and the Big Dog raked in the pot.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 3,500 from first position. Brandon Cantu called on the button, Tommy Vedes called out of the small blind, and Erick Lindgren min-three-bet to 5,400 from the big blind. All three players called.
The flop fell 
, Vedes open-shipped for 7,200, and the action folded to Cantu, who called.
Vedes:
Cantu: 
The 
on the turn was a brick, Cantu was already open-ended, but the 
spiked on the river to give him Broadway. Vedes was eliminated, and here are counts from the table:
Lynn Gilmartin pulls aside the poker-playing rap master Brett Richey for another episode of Calling the Clock.
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