Andrew Malott Eliminated in 13th Place (€15,000)

Andrew Malott and Alexander Dovzhenko had been taking turns putting in preflop raises and devouring the blinds and antes over at the feature table for the last level. As play reached the last hand of Level 20, Malott once again was raising before the flop, this time to 31,000 from under the gun. It folded to Dovzhenko who called from the cutoff, and the others folded.

The flop came {9-Hearts}

. Malott continued for 45,000, and Dovzhenko thought a moment before calling. "You should have folded," said Malott.

The turn was the {A-Hearts}

. This time Malott checked, and Dovzhenko took about fifteen seconds before betting 100,000. Malott instantly check-raised to approximately 240,000. "I tried to tell you, friend," he said. "You should have folded."

Dovzhenko then announced he was all in, and Malott snap-called. committing his remaining 400,000 or so. Dovzhenko flipped over {Q-Diamonds}

for the flopped set. "Jesus," said Malott, as he tabled his {A-Diamonds}

. He needed an ace on the river to survive.

"Can I use my one time now?" he said with a somewhat weary grin, already starting to pack up his belongings. He congratulated Dovzhenko on a well played hand with a fist bump, then saw river bring the {9-Diamonds}

, knocking Malott out in 13th place.

We'll get counts on all of the remaining twelve players during the upcoming break, but that pot appeared to push Dovzhenko up to about 2 million -- challenging Vadim Markushevski for the chip lead.

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2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

Andrew Malott Eliminated in 13th Place (€15,000)