Hand 8: Michael Brinkenhoff raised all in for 865,000 from early position and Rui Ye reraised all in over the top from middle position. The rest of the table folded.
"Oh, shit," muttered Ye, apparently having not realized Brinkenhoff had raised all in before him.
Brinkenhoff:
Ye:
The board came down , giving Brinkenhoff aces and queens to double up.
Hand #9: Yevgeniy Timoshenko limped in the small blind, and Michael Brinkenhoff checked his option. The flop came , and Timoshenko bet 90,000. Brinkenhoff folded, and Timoshenko won the pot.
Hand #10: Oliver Weis raised to 165,000 in late position. The remaining players folded, and Weis took it down.
Hand #11: Michael Brinkenhoff raised to 160,000 on the button, and Rui Ye defended his big blind. The flop was , and both players checked. They also checked the turn and the river. Ye tabled for a pair of sevens to win the pot.
Hand #12: Oliver Weis raised to 165,000 in middle position, Tobias Ziegler moved all in for 395,000 in the next position, and Timoshenko went all in over the top from the hijack. The remaining players folded, Weis folded, and Timoshenko had Ziegler at risk.
Ziegler:
Timoshenko:
The board ran out , and Ziegler's two pair, sevens sixes, was good for the double-up.
Hand #13: Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 160,000 from middle position, Rui Ye called from the button, Diego Sanchez reraised all in from the small blind for 760,000, Timoshenko reshoved, and Ye folded.
Timoshenko:
Sanchez:
The board came down , giving Timoshenko a queen-high straight to eliminate Sanchez in ninth place.
Hand #17: Alex Foxen moved all in for 720,000 in the cutoff, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called in the big blind to put him at risk.
Foxen:
Timoshenko:
Foxen made a pair of sixes on the flop, but the turn gave Timoshenko a pair of kings to take the lead. Foxen couldn't improve on the river, and he was eliminated in eighth place, earning him a payday of $44,395.
Hand #18: Chris Brammer raised to 160,000 from the hijack and took down the pot.
Hand #19: Rui Ye raised to 160,000 from under the gun, and Michael Brinkenhoff called from the small blind.
The flop came down , and Brinkenhoff check-called 125,000 from Ye. The turn was the , and Brinkenhoff shoved for 1,155,000. Ye called after a few moments with for a pair of jacks, leading Brinkenhoff's for a pair of nines.
The river was the , giving Ye a queen-high straight to eliminate Brinkenhoff in seventh place.
Hand #20: Tobias Ziegler shoved for a little more than 1,000,000 in the cutoff, prompting folds from the remaining players.
Hand #21: Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and took down the blinds and the antes.
Hand #22: Chris Brammer moved all in for around 1,400,000 from the small blind. Oliver Weis folded his big blind, and Brammer took down the pot.
Hand #23: Timoshenko raised to 200,000 under the gun, and Tobias Ziegler called in the big blind. They both checked the flop, and the turn was the . Ziegler led out for 220,000, and Timoshenko folded.
Hand #24: Jett Schencker went all in for 495,000 under the gun, and Rui Ye called in the next position. The remaining players folded, and Schencker was at risk.
Schencker:
Ye:
The flop came , giving Schencker a pair of jacks to take the lead. Schencker's pair held up on the turn and the river, and he doubled up.
Hand #25: Jett Schencker received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #26: Oliver Weis raised to 200,000 from the hijack, and Rui Ye called from the big blind.
The flop came down , and Ye check-called 175,000 from Weis to see the on the turn. Ye checked, Weis bet 325,000, Ye check-raised all in, and Weis called all in for 1,065,000.