Vladimir Geshkenbein is trying his best to chip up here in Event #15 but it is definitely still a work in progress.
After moving all-in and finding no callers, Geshkenbein said he had pocket aces and showed the . He then said that he should have limped in preflop.
A couple of hands later and Geshkenbein was under the gun and he pushed his 194,000 stack into the middle. Again, he received no callers and collected only the blinds and antes.
Davidi Kitai raised to 37,000 when first to act under the gun and the players folded in turn around to Phil Hellmuth in the big blind. Hellmuth three-bet to 76,000 and Kitai called.
Hellmuth check-called a 58,000 bet on the flop, leading to the being placed onto the turn. Kitai led for 88,000 and Hellmuth stood from his seat to get a better view of what was happening.
"You just want to give me those green chips. One hand I reraise you in 40 hands and you still call. You have no patience." said Hellmuth.
"OK, I have ace-jack, I fold" said Hellmuth before adding, "I'm going to get you."
Phil Hellmuth was first to act on the button and he asked Vladimir Geshkenbein how many chips he was playing, before raising to 55,000.
"Ah, committing yourself," said Geshkenbein, "I like it."
"I tell you what, I'll gamble with you, Russian. I'll call in the dark," said Hellmuth before putting a tower of green T25,000 chips into the middle.
Geshkenbein moved all-in and Hellmuth had already called
Hellmuth:
Geshkenbein:
The board ran and Hellmuth exploded.
"How the f**k does the six play?" referring to the fact Geshkenbein's low kicker won him the pot. "I fold on your blind 10 times in a row, wait until I get an ace and then you have a bigger kicker."
Geshkenbein laughed and fired his toy gun at Hellmuth.
"Nice hand, Russian," said Hellmuth when he returned to his seat.
Heinz Kamutzki opened with a raise from the under-the-gun position and Tony Ruberto three-bet all in for 262,000 from the small blind. The big folded and Kamutzki thought long and hard before making the call.
"I hope you have sevens," Ruberto said as he rolled over the . Kamutzki then showed the .
The flop was no help to Kamutzki, and neither was the turn. All Ruberto needed to do was dodge a three on the river to stay alive, which he did when the peeled off.
Zachary Korik is up to almost one million chips after doubling through Mark Darner.
Darner raised from the cutoff and faced an all-in three-bet of 477,000 from Koric in the big blind. Darner finally called and turned over , and Koric the .
The flop was followed onto the felt by the turn and the river, doubling Korik to 970,000 and leaving Darner nursing a stack of 12 big blinds.
After Phil Hellmuth raised from the hijack and Davidi Kitai called from the cutoff, the flop came down and things got interesting. Hellmuth checked, Kitai bet 48,000, and Hellmuth quickly check-raised to 100,000. Kitai pushed back with a three-bet to 155,000, and Hellmuth shot out of his chair in disbelief.
"Crazy Frenchman is going to cost me my 14th bracelet," Hellmuth said before folding. "You have no chance to win sir."
Someone at the table then asked Kitai if he had ever won a tournament, knowing full well he was a Triple Crown winner. Hellmuth was oblivious to that fact though as he interrupted, "Of course he's never won a tournament before."
Zachary Korik didn't hold onto his new chips for very long because he doubled Heinz Kamutzki up a few moments ago.
Kamutzki moved all-in from the button for 302,000 in total, Korik called from the small blind and Bill Burford folded from the big blind.
Korik turned over and was behind to Kamutzki's . Korik's hand stayed second best on the flop, on the turn and river to double Kamutzki to 620,000.
Maybe this double will calm Kamutzki down as he is irate about an earlier ruling regarding being able to see an opponent's hand. Kamutzki had folded and mucked in an earlier hand but Mark Darner was told he could see the mucked hand if he wished. He chose to do so and this angered Kamutzki who has been going on about it for the past 15-minutes.
Vladimir Geshkenbein has been eliminated in 10th place at the hands of John Andress.
Davidi Kitai raised to 40,000 on the button, Geshkenbein three-bet all-in for 275,000 from the small blind and Andress flat-called from the big blind. Kitai flashed the as he folded.
"Do you have a pair?" asked Geshkenbein.
"No," came the answer.
Andress:
Geshkenbein:
"Great, and he [Kitai] folded a queen," said Geshkenbein.
Andress took the lead on the flop and his hand remained best as the and completed the board and ended Geshkenbein's participation in Event #15.
Earlier today Tony Ruberto began the final 15 players as the short stack, but he refused to go down without a fight. Now he finds himself with over a million in chips!
In a recent hand, Bill Burford opened for 50,000 and then called when Ruberto three-bet to 150,000, which led to a flop. Ruberto bet 145,000 from the big blind, and Burford immediately asked, "What is it?"
The dealer broke it down and then Burford tanked for a solid two minutes before moving all in. Ruberto sort of shrugged and then spiked in some chips to signify a call.
"You have a queen?" Ruberto asked. Burford shook his head in the negative and sheepishly turned over the . Ruberto then showed a weak queen with the .
"I wanted you to fold," Burford explained.
Ruberto was a big favorite, but the turn put him in more danger as Burford picked up an open-ended straight draw.
"Deuce," one of Ruberto's supporters called from the rail, and right on cue the dealer burned and put out the . Ruberto doubled big on the hand while Burford was left shaking his head.