With approximately 60,000 in the pot and a board reading , Brian Rast bet 33,000 from the small blind and Fabian Quoss raised to 85,000 from the hijack. Rast, who is a two-time bracelet winner, took his time before moving all in for around 260,000 and Quoss quickly called off for 253,500 total.
Quoss:
Rast:
Rast had an overpair with an open-ended straight draw, while Quoss had the same straight draw to go along with his ace-high flush draw. It was a big hand that was settled on the turn when the spiked to give Quoss the flush and leave Rast drawing dead. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure and Rast was left with just 5,000 in chips.
Two hands later, he got it in holding the and was ahead of Jeff Gross' . Unfortunately for Rast, any hope of a comeback died after the board ran out .
Meanwhile, Yevgeniy Timoshenko has been eliminated from the tournament.
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky checked to Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick on a flop of . Chidwick fired out 33,000, and Sulsky stared him down before calling.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Sulsky reached for chips, tossing out 78,000, and then stared at Chidwick, who tank-folded.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.