Daniel Neilson opened the pot to 160,000, and Dimitar Danchev three-bet to 405,000 on the button. Neilson flatted, and he called a bet of 625,000 on the flop. The turn paired the board with the , and it went check-check to the river. Neilson checked one last time, and Danchev took his cue to bet 900,000. That worked. Neilson wriggled in his chair for a minute or so, then surrendered.
A look at the chip counts sees that the battle at the top is almost dead even, but Neilson hasn't quite relinquished the chip lead with that pot.
Andre Pateychuk raised to 160,000 under the gun, and it was the opening of the proverbial can of worms. Daniel Neilson reraised to 380,000 from the button, and Pateychuk popped it right back to 1.120 million total! Not to be outdone, Neilson shoved all in over the top, and Pateychuk instantly called all in to put himself at risk. The good news for the Russian was that he was well ahead.
Showdown
Pateychuk:
Neilson:
Neilson had been caught with a dominated hand for the second time this level against Pateychuk, and the latter's Big Slick would hold strong once again. The board ran out , and it's a huge chip swing. Pateychuk shoots to the top with more than 9.5 million, and Neilson has been absorbed into the pack with just about 3 million left.
In a battle of the blinds, Andrey Pateychuk fired out 270,000 on a flop. Barny Boatman was the man he was heads up with, and Boatman made the call to see the on the turn. Pateychuk slowed down with a check now, and Boatman took his cue to bet 500,000, leaving less than 1.4 million behind. Sure enough, Pateychuck check-raised all in with his massive stack, and the lack of a snap-call from Boatman told us everything we needed to know. He gave it just a cursory look, then slid his cards into the muck, and Pateychuk is really turning the screws now.
Jan Bendik raised all in for 1.675 million in chips. Andrey Pateychuk reraised all in from the button and the blinds folded.
Bendik:
Pateychuk:
The flop came down and Pateychuk hit a set of jacks. Bendik did pick up an inside straight draw.
The turn was the and the river the . Bendik's top pair was no good to Pateychuk's set of jacks and he was eliminated. Pateychuk now has half of the chips in play.
Andrey Pateychuk was the preflop raiser, but his lone opponent, Dimitar Danchev led out with 250,000 on the flop. Pateychuk flatted, and it was checked to him on the turn. Now it was Danchev with the check-call, and that brought them to the dangerous on the river. When Danchev checked a second time, Pateychuk fired 725,000 at the pot, and it was good enough to earn him the win.
Pateychuk now holds more than half the chips in play.
Barny Boatman raised all in for just under 1.5 million from under the gun. Action folded to chip leader Andrey Pateychuk in the big blind and he quickly made the call, tabling the . Boatman held a weaker pair with the .
The flop came down and Boatman was pushed nearly all the way out the door as Pateychuk nailed a set of ladies. The turn left him drawing dead before the finished the board to give Pateychuk a full house.
Boatman scored €225,000 for his finish in what was his largest-ever career cash. Pateychuk now has a whopping 15 million in chips.
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flop. The turn paired the board with the 
, and it went check-check to the 
river. Neilson checked one last time, and Danchev took his cue to bet 900,000. That worked. Neilson wriggled in his chair for a minute or so, then surrendered.
, and it's a huge chip swing. Pateychuk shoots to the top with more than 9.5 million, and Neilson has been absorbed into the pack with just about 3 million left.
and Pateychuk hit a set of jacks. Bendik did pick up an inside straight draw.
. Bendik's top pair was no good to Pateychuk's set of jacks and he was eliminated. Pateychuk now has half of the chips in play.
flop. Pateychuk flatted, and it was checked to him on the 
.