Alex Balandin completed and Calvin Anderson raised, Balandin called. Anderson paired his four and called a bet of Balandin on fourth, then bet fifth when Balandin had also paired up. Anderson continued to bet on sixth and Balandin reluctantly folded with the words "you robbed me again."
Jerry Wong: / /
Calvin Anderson: / /
Mike Leah: / fold
Jerry Wong completed and Mike Leah called, Calvin Anderson as bring-in came along. Wong bet fourth and Leah folded, Anderson called. Wong's bet on fifth and sixth were called by Anderson and Wong then checked seventh. Anderson bet and Wong gave it a lot of consideration before folding.
Mike Leah: /
Dzmitry Urbanovich: /
Alex Balandin: / fold
Alex Balandin limped in with a nine and Mike Leah completed, Dzmitry Urbanovich raised and the action folded back to Balandin. "Do you guys want me to be a hero?" Balandin asked, then mucked and added "I need at least a seven showing to be a hero." Leah called and bet fourth, Urbanovich called. Leah bet fifth and Urbanovich called all in.
Here's what the two players ended up with in the showdown.
Mike Leah: / /
Dzmitry Urbanovich: / /
Leah had an eight-seven on sixth and paired his six, while Urbanovich had some outs still with a seven-draw. Instead, he spiked the and was eliminated in 8th place for $31,992.
Dzmitry Urbanovich called the bring in and Calvin Anderson did the same. Julien Martini completed and both Urbanovich and Anderson called.
Anderson bet with the on-board lead on fourth street, Martini called and Urbanovich sprung a raise after about 60 seconds. Anderson went into the tank and called after about 90 seconds.Maritni called as well.
Everyone checked on fifth, Anderson bet on sixth and both Martini and Urbanovich called.
Anderson checked, Martini bet, Urbanovich folded and Anderson called after a few moments.
Martini tabled for seven-six, Anderson mucked and Martini won the pot.
Dzmitry Urbanovich: / /
Frank Kassela: / /
Alex Balandin: / fold
Dzmitry Urbanovich completed and Frank Kassela called, as did Alex Balandin. On fourth, Urbanovich checked and Kassela bet, Balandin folded and Urbanovich called. On fifth, Urbanovich bet and Kassela called. Both ended up checking through sixth and seventh, and Urbanovich showed the .
Kassela had that beat with the and apologized for showing slowly, as he had not seen initially that Urbanovich had paired his nine. The runner-up of the $1,500 Razz event slipped down further to a mere six big bets.
John Hennigan completed and Alex Balandin was the only caller. Hennigan bet and Balandin called. Both then checked fifth and sixth, Balandin bet seventh and Hennigan called. Balandin announced a king and Hennigan rolled over his for a nine-eight as winning hand.