Vinokurov Crosses the 5 Million Mark
Amir Shomron raised for the third hand in a row with 
from the under the gun position. It folded around to small blind Florin Elisei who found 
and he thought about it. He called the bet and one seat over it was chip leader Anton Vinokurov who found 
. Vinokurov called and they went three-way to the flop.
The flop came down 
. Florin flopped a flush draw while Anton flopped top pair. Elisei and Vinokurov both checked to initial raiser Shomron and he continued with a bet of 270,000. Elisei folded his flush draw, but Vinokurov called.
The turn was the 
and Vinokurov checked to Shomron. Shomron checked behind and the river was the 
. Vinokurov checked to Shomron again with his three-of-a-kind aces. Shomron checked behind to see he couldn't beat Vinokurov's hand with his pair of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,150,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
|
3,490,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
1,270,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
in middle position and he raised to 185,000. It folded around to big blind Carmen Zainescu who called with 
as they prepared for another post-flop battle. 
and Zainescu moved all in right away for 645,000. Shomron called. 
turn and the 
and Zainescu continued. She put 115,000 in the middle and Shomron wanted to know how much Zainescu had behind. Shomron opted to go for the raise as he put 300,000 in the middle, putting the pressure on Zainescu. She let go of her hand and Shomron collected the pot.
. Amir Shomron called with 
from the big blind. 
. Ionescu only had five big blinds when he moved all in. Florin Elisei had 
and thought about it for two minutes before letting go.
to 130,000 from middle position and his left-hand neighbor, Anton Vinokurov, called the bet with 
.