06-10-2008 13:20 UTC-7

Fickle Aces

Shamus

Alex Kravchenko lost most of his stack when his J-10-9-7 failed to overcome his opponent's A-A-x-x. The flop of Q-8-5 was promising for Kravchenko, but neither the turn nor river brought him his needed straight card.

On the next hand, Kravchenko picked up aces himself, drawing {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{5-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Clubs}

, and pushed the rest of his chips in the middle. Jamie Robbins called him with {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

.

The board came {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{3-Clubs}

{7-Diamonds}

{5-Spades}

{8-Spades}

, with that eight on the river giving Robbins the straight and the hand. Kravchenko is out.