Alexey Rybin was all in and at risk for 237,000 on a flop of holding . Unfortunately for him, Tony Cousineau had him at risk with for a set of queens. The on the turn was a brick, but the spiked on the river to give Rybin a set.
"YES!" Rybin yelled, giving his neighbor and fellow Russian Alex Kravchenko a high-five. He then realized he may have upset Cousineau, and told him, "I'm sorry for my emotion, my friend."
Cousineau shrugged it off, then tossed chips to Rybin, who doubled to 561,000 chips. Cousineau fell to 282,000.
After a Daniel Alaei raise from early position, Tony Cousineau defended his big blind with a call and the flop came all spades — . Both players checked. The turn brought another spade, the , and this time Cousineau checked, Alaei bet 60,000, Cousineau check-raised to 170,000, and Alaei called.
The river brought the and checks from both. Alaei tabled his hand — for a set of kings — and Cousineau mucked.
Alaei is back up over 2 million now, while Cousineau drops to less than 200,000.
Yet another Jared Bleznick knockout to report, with Lasell King proving the victim this time.
We caught up with the hand on the flop with the board showing . That's when action between the pair saw Lasell committing the last of his chips holding for top two pair and a gutshot to Broadway, while Bleznick had flopped a set of fours with .
The turn and river brought a couple of deuces — and — and Bleznick improved to a full house as King was knocked out in 15th place.
Bleznick is currently exchanging more orange (1,000) chips for pink (5,000) and green (25,000) ones, as his total has ballooned up over 3 million now.
We're unsure as to whether or not Michael Schwartz and Daniel Alaei got all of the chips in the middle preflop or on the flop, but when we arrived the hands looked like this:
Schwartz:
Alaei:
The flop was , giving Alaei a set of kings, and the turn and river came , respectively. Alaei made a full house, securing the knockout and bringing Alaei back up to over two million chips. A few hands prior, he doubled Gjergj Sinishtaj when Sinishtaj had turned a flush.
Schwartz was eliminated in 14th place, earning $41,472.
Alexey Rybin began the day as the chip leader with 32 players left. But after both Daniel Alaei and then Jared Bleznick roared past him into the chip lead, the Russian saw his stack gradually decline until the last hand of Level 22 saw him all in and at risk.
The hand started with a hijack raise by Alaei to 50,000, then Rybin made it 180,000 to go from the cutoff seat. It folded back around to Alaei who thought for about 15 seconds then called, and the pair together watched the flop come .
At that Alaei set out a stack of chips to bet, Rybin pushed, and Alaei called quickly.
Rybin had for pair of aces and a gutshot draw, while Alaei had for jacks and various backdoor possibilities. The turn was the and river the , giving Alaei two pair and the best hand and ending Rybin's day in 13th place.
In the last hand before the break, Rory Rees Brennan earned a double-up through James Wiese in a hand that saw all of the chips go in on the turn with the board showing .
Wiese held for trip kings, but Brennan had a made full house with his . The river was the , and Brennan won the pot.
Tony Cousineau moved all in on the button, and Daniel Alaei called in the big blind.
Cousineau:
Alaei:
The flop fell , giving Alaei a set of jacks and leaving Cousineau with only backdoor draws. It was all over when the turned, and a meaningless completed the board.
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. Unfortunately for him, Tony Cousineau had him at risk with 
for a set of queens. The 
on the turn was a brick, but the 
spiked on the river to give Rybin a set.
. Both players checked. The turn brought another spade, the 
, and this time Cousineau checked, Alaei bet 60,000, Cousineau check-raised to 170,000, and Alaei called.
and checks from both. Alaei tabled his hand — 
. That's when action between the pair saw Lasell committing the last of his chips holding 
for top two pair and a gutshot to Broadway, while Bleznick had flopped a set of fours with 
— and Bleznick improved to a full house as King was knocked out in 15th place.
, giving Alaei two pair and the best hand and ending Rybin's day in 13th place.
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, and Brennan won the pot.
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