Most recently, we happened upon the dynamic duo engaged in hand with about 150,000 in the pot and a board reading . Chidwick bet 90,000 from the big blind only to have Sulsky raise all in. Chidwick called off for 302,000 total and the cards were turned up.
Chidwick:
Sulsky:
Chidwick was ahead with pocket rockets but Sulsky, who was receiving a massage at the time, had a pair with a flush draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Sulsky missed and was left with just 39,000 after the hand.
David "Bakes" Baker set Alex Venovski all in on the board. After a few minutes of tanking, Venovski made the call with the . Baker held the for trip threes and won the pot. Venovski was eliminated while Baker climbed to 256,000 in chips.
On the board of board, Francois Safieddine was all in for 87,000. Brandon Meyers folded, but Kevin Eyster made the call with the . Safieddine held a better for bottom set and doubled when the completed the board on the river.
A very short-stacked Sorel Mizzi just doubled with on a board of . His opponent, Byron Kaverman, held , but we are unsure of when the money went in the middle.
Matt Russell led out for 11,000 on a flop of . Igor Kurganov bumped it up to 32,000, and not to be out done, Russell made it three bets, raising to 63,000. Kurganov quickly called.
The turn was the , and Russell led out once again - this time for 45,000. Kurganov thought better up it, tossing his hand into the muck.
Prior to the level change, Eric Sfez was all in and at risk preflop holding , and unfortunately for him he was up against Todd Terry's . The window was the case ten - the - and it was followed by the and the . Sfez was drawing dead when the turned, and a meaningless completed the board.
Over at an adjacent table, Chris Hunichen was eliminated by Keith Lehr with unknown action. Lehr, who doubled through Hunichen before eliminating him, now has 375,000 chips.
We heard Michael "Coach" Lipman shout out in celebration from across the room, which grabbed the attention of the entire field. "Yeah," he exclaimed. "Runner, runner, runner, runner, runner."
We missed what happened but Lipman filled us in after the fact. According to him, Katchalov was all in preflop for about 80,000 with and well ahead of Lipman's .
The flop kept Katchalov firmly ahead, but the turn made things interesting by giving Lipman a flush draw. Needless to say, Lipman's reaction was a result of hitting that flush when the peeled off on the river.
With that, Katchalov's run in Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) came to an end.
Chris Hunichen raised from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 29,000 from Keith Lehr on the button. The blinds folded, Hunichen four-bet all in and Lehr thought for about a minute before calling off for 105,500 total.
Hunichen:
Lehr:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down . Lehr flopped a boat and left Hunichen looking for running cards. The turn took away any hope of that happening and after the was put out on the river, Lehr was shipped the pot.
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, and Litvinov picked up his tennis ball and his two-dollar bill before exiting the tournament area.
. Chidwick bet 90,000 from the big blind only to have Sulsky raise all in. Chidwick called off for 302,000 total and the cards were turned up.
. Sulsky missed and was left with just 39,000 after the hand.
board. After a few minutes of tanking, Venovski made the call with the 
. Baker held the 
for trip threes and won the pot. Venovski was eliminated while Baker climbed to 256,000 in chips.
. Safieddine held a better 
for bottom set and doubled when the 
completed the board on the river.
. His opponent, Byron Kaverman, held 
, but we are unsure of when the money went in the middle.
, and unfortunately for him he was up against Todd Terry's 
. The window was the case ten - the 
and the 
. Sfez was drawing dead when the 
and well ahead of Lipman's 
flop kept Katchalov firmly ahead, but the 
peeled off on the river.
