Bertrand Grospellier completed and called after Maxwell Troy raised. Both players checked fourth and fifth until Troy bet on sixth and ElkY called. Troy bet seventh as well only to be met with a raise by ElkY which Troy called. He was shown bad news however as ElkY had for a straight and the pot.
A little while after, the following hand occurred which grew ElkY’s stack even more.
Grospellier: / /
Landfish: / /
ElkY completed again and Steve Landfish called. Alexander Kostritsyn came in with a raise which both other players called. On fourth, ElkY paired up and bet, Landfish called but Kostritsyn folded. ElkY bet the rest of the way with Landfish calling until seventh where he finally folded. ElkY was up to 900,000 after the hands.
Steve Landfish raised Alexander Kostritsyn's bring-in but the latter called before check-raising on fourth. Landfish called and then bet when Kostritsyn checked fifth, but the Russian called and made open queens on sixth, firing out and Landfish quickly folded.
Maxwell Troy had the bring-in and Steve Landfish raised with a king with Troy defending. Landfish proceeded to check-call bets on fourth, fifth and sixth street before firing out on seventh. Troy quickly called this final bet and Landfish mucked saying, "I missed,"
Steve Landfish completed and Alexander Kostritsyn made it two bets (which Landfish obviously called, otherwise this would be a very short hand). Landfish paired his door card and fired out a double bet before betting on fifth and sixth too, Kostritsyn called him down but both checked on seventh.
Landfish showed for two pair and Kostritsyn nodded, mucking.
Alexander Kostritsyn had just managed to double up when his kings held against Steve Landfish’s tens but Kostritsyn was soon all in again and at risk.
Kostritsyn: / /
Troy: / /
Kostritsyn was all in and ahead on fifth with a pair of kings against the queens of Maxwell Troy. Sixth didn’t improve either player but Troy hit the worst card that Kostritsyn could have asked for on seventh, the to give Troy trips. Kostritsyn was down to two outs for his tournament life, one of the two remaining kings. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t hit a king and was eliminated while Troy crossed the million chip mark.
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for a straight and the pot.
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for jacks and sixes to take the pot.
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