Cherish Andrews opened to 400,000 on the button and Kenny Hallaert jammed in his stack of about 2,000,000 in the big blind. Andrews called.
Kenny Hallaert:
Cherish Andrews:
Hallaert was in rough shape, and was in even rougher shape on the flop. He was drawing dead on the turn and the meaningless completed the board as he wished his table good luck and made his exit.
Leo Margets jammed from middle position and Jonathan Borenstein called in the cutoff for his remaining 1.4 million or so chips.
Jonathan Borenstein:
Leo Margets:
Margets was well ahead and jumped further ahead on the flop. The turn left Borenstein looking for a deuce for a chop, but the completed the board and he was sent to the payout desk.
The remaining players will take a short break before heading to the unofficial final table.
The two biggest stacks at the table got into it when Aleksandr Shevliakov opened in late position. Alex Kulev three-bet jammed in the small blind for 15,000,000 and Shevliakov called off with a stack of 10,000,000.
Aleksandr Shevliako:
Alex Kulev:
Shevliako was dominated by the ace-king of Kulev and didn't improve as the board ran out . Shevliako was eliminated in seventh place while Kulev picked up a huge pot that significantly boosted his chip lead.
Cherish Andrews shoved in her short stack in the hijack and Stephen Song isolated in the small blind.
Cherish Andrews:
Stephen Song:
The flop put Andrews ahead, and the turn improved her to a boat. A double for her looked imminent until the spiked the river to give Song the better boat as the table roared.
Arturo Segura jammed for 3.65 million in the hijack, Marc Lange re-jammed for 4.3 million on the button, and Alex Kulev put in his chips in the small blind.
Arturo Segura:
Marc Lange:
Alex Kulev:
The flop gave Segura a straight flush draw, the came on the turn to change nothing, and the hit the river to send the pot to Kulev and eliminate the other two players.
Lange started the hand with more chips than Segura so he will take fourth, while Segura will have to settle for fifth following his deep run. Meanwhile, Kulev extends his huge chip lead even more and seems to be running away with it.