Georgios Sotiropoulos opened with a raise and Konstantin Puchkov moved all in from the button for his last roughly 1,500. Mike Gorodinsky came over the top for 3,750 from the small blind only to have Sotiropoulos re-raise to 6,850 total. Gorodinsky let it go and the remaining two hands were turned up.
Sotiropoulos:
Puchkov:
The board ran out , pairing Sotiropoulos' ace and eliminating Puchkov from play. Sotiropoulos now has about 40,000 in chips while Gorodinsky has dropped to 32,500.
Phil Ivey completed with an eight showing and Matthew Rasco raised with a seven. Action came back to Ivey and he called. Both players pulled paint on fourth street and Ivey checked. Rasco fired out a bet and Ivey stuck around. Rasco pulled a second paint card on fifth, prompting Ivey to lead out with a bet. Rasco called for sixth street.
By sixth, both players had king-queen showing with Rasco holding the lower of the two. He led out and Ivey called. Rasco fired one last bet on seventh and Ivey plopped forward a call.
"You win," sighed Rasco.
Ivey fanned in the hole for a ninety-eight. Rasco flashed before tossing his cards into the muck. Ivey picked up the pot and now has about 23,000 in chips.
Max Pescatori and an opponent looked down at a flop of and Pescatori's opponent fired out a bet. Pescatori called from the button, allowing the to pair the board on the turn. Pescatori faced a bet once more and he tossed out a call.
The finished the board and Pescatori's opponent fired one last time. Pescatori threw his cards at the muck and ripped his sunglasses off and onto the felt. His opponent was pushed the pot and flashed for a Broadway straight. With this hit, Pescatori is down to about 7,200 in chips.