ElkY was all in for his last 55,000 chips preflop holding , and Ludovic Lacay's was ahead and poised to finish off Grospellier's stack.
The flop all but sealed the deal for Lacay as it came out . ElkY was drawing dead when the landed on fourth street, and the battle has ended with Lacay emerging victorious. The filled out the board as the two men were already shaking hands and wishing each other well in French.
Grospellier's got his second cash at this WSOP, and this one's good for almost $40,000. It's not what he was looking for, though, and the rest of the surviving field will be relieved to see his name removed from the bracket overnight.
Ernst Schmejkal min-raised from the button to 16,000 only to have Alexander Kravchenko ship it from the big blind.
Schmejkal made the call to put Kravchenko's tournament life on the line.
Kravchenko:
Schmejkal:
The board would see Kravchenko eliminated and on his way to the cage to collect $38,424 in prizemoney as Schmejkal progresses through to the final eight.
There was already about 200,000 in the pot when the dealer dealt fourth street onto a board. Ludovic Lacay put out a bet of 88,000, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier made the call.
That brought them to the river, and Lacay promptly fired out another 200,000 chips. With a massive pot on the line, ElkY made the call for nearly his full stack. At showdown, Lacay flipped up his , and Big Slick has been kind to him once again. ElkY mucked his cards, and he's all the way down to just 55,000 now.
Ludovic Lacay raised to 16,000 from the button, and ElkY three-bet it to 46,000 total. Lacay popped it back to 85,000, and ElkY flatted this time.
They took a flop of , and ElkY checked to Lacay. He made a continuation bet of 91,000, and ElkY made the call. That was the end of the betting action, though, as the two men check-checked the turn and river .
Lacay showed up , and his two pair was the best hand. Just barely though. ElkY flashed his ace-eight as he sent his inferior two pair into the muck, and the match has drawn even.
Vanessa Rousso limped in from the button only to have Vivek Rajkumar move all in for roughly 100,000 from the big blind.
After some deliberation, the French-American made the call to put Rajkumar at risk of seeing his tournament end.
Rousso:
Rajkumar:
Unfortunately for Rajkumar the flop fell down to give Rousso a wheel. Rajkumar still had outs to chop, but after the and fell on the turn and river, Rajkumar hit the rail for a $38,424 payday as Rousso progressed through to the quarterfinals.
Vivek Rajkumar has just taken a bathroom break from his match between Vanessa Rousso.
Instead of blinding Rajkumar out, Rousso decided to not act on her hand and wait until Rajkumar returned.
Her very sportsmanlike gesture didn't go unnoticed as Rajkumar thanked her on return as they continue their match with Rousso holding a 840,000 to 120,000 chip advantage.
Chris Moorman moved all in preflop with , and Alexander Kostritsyn quickly called with . After a bit of a frustrated battle, Moorman was now on the ropes and on the verge of being put out of his misery.
The dealer sealed his fate with a board of , and that's the end of his night. Moorman is out in the Round of 16. It's his third cash so far this year, and it's his biggest as well. He'll walk away with nearly $40,000 for winning four matches, but he's out after number five.
Alexander Kostritsyn is moving on to tomorrow's Elite Eight.
Chris Moorman and Alexander Kostritsyn took a flop of with about 42,000 in the pot. Moorman put out a bet of 24,000, and Kostritsyn called quickly.
Kostritsyn called another bet of 55,000 on the turn, and Moorman fired a third bullet on the river. This time it was a hefty 125,000-chip bet, and Kostritsyn again made the call for a showdown.
He showed for top pair, and Moorman couldn't beat it. He returned his cards to the dealer face-down, and he's now starting to get a bit short on chips.
Chris Moorman fired out a slight overbet of 25,000 on a flop of , and Alexander Kostritsyn called. They both checked the turn , and Kostritsyn led out with a bet of 35,000 on the river. Moorman called with , and Kostritsyn couldn't beat it.
Moorman had been worked down even further, but he's back to half of Kostritsyn's stack with 320,000 again.
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, and Ludovic Lacay's 
was ahead and poised to finish off Grospellier's stack.
. ElkY was drawing dead when the 
landed on fourth street, and the battle has ended with Lacay emerging victorious. The 
filled out the board as the two men were already shaking hands and wishing each other well in French.
river, and Lacay promptly fired out another 200,000 chips. With a massive pot on the line, ElkY made the call for nearly his full stack. At showdown, Lacay flipped up his 
, and Big Slick has been kind to him once again. ElkY mucked his cards, and he's all the way down to just 55,000 now.
and river 
.
turn, and Moorman fired a third bullet on the 
, and Kostritsyn couldn't beat it.