Alexander Kostritsyn entered the pot from the hi-jack with a raise to 15,000 only to be met with a three-bet of 45,000 from Billy Jordanou out of the small blind.
Kostritsyn took his full measure of time before making the call as a flop landed and Jordanou checked over to the Russian. Kostritsyn slid out a bet of just 28,000, and once Jordanou made the call, the dealer dropped the on the turn.
Jordanou checked and Kostritsyn pushed in a stack of chips to effectively put Jordanou all in. Near instantly, Jordanou made the call for his last 50,000.
Jordanou:
Kostritsyn:
With Jordanou trailing, the fell on the river to end his tournament as Kostritsyn climbed to 480,000 in chips.
After Jonathan Karamalikis' failed attempt at knocking out Erick Lindgren, it was now Karamalikis' tournament life on the line with his last 38,000 in the middle holding needing to win a flip against fellow Australian James Obst, who was holding pocket sixes .
Unfortunately for Karamalikis, the flop of ensured Obst continued flipping well in this tournament leaving Karamalikis drawing dead. Karamalikis was already shaking his opponent's hand when the fell on the turn, and on the river which also happened to fill Obst's boat.
Obst can now add Karamalikis' chips to his already impressive 645,000-chip stack.
Andrew Feldman raised to 12,500 from the cutoff seat. Sam Trickett reraised to 25,000 from the button. Feldman moved all in for 100,000 and Trickett snapped it off.
Tricket:
Feldman:
The board ran out and Feldman was eliminated. Trickett moved to 760,000 in chips.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position to 14,000. Tony Bloom reraised from the hijack seat to 36,000. Kostritsyn reraised the pot to 117,000 and after using up all his allotted time, Bloom mucked his hand.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised to 12,000 from the hijack seat and Billy Jordanou called from the small blind. The flop came down and Jordanou checked. Kostritsyn checked behind.
The turn card was the and Jordanou checked. Kostritsyn decided to fire a bet and made it 18,000 to go. Jordanou folded.
Jonathan Karamalikis opened the action with a raise to 14,000 in middle position. He found a caller in Winfred Yu in late position.
On a flop of , Karamalikis fired out a bet of 12,000 from his 85,000-chip stack. Yu went into the tank but when prompted by the dealer that he had 20 seconds to act, Yu announced "raise" and fired out 27,000 in chips. Karamalikis took one more look at his cards before deciding they were not good enough to commit his chips and opted to fold.
Yu is now up to 135,000 in chips, while Karamalikis is now down to 73,000.
David Benyamine raised to 12,000 and found calls from Alexander Kostritsyn, Erik Seidel, and Billy Jordanou. The flop came down and a continuation bet of 17,000 from Benyamine was good enough to win him the pot. He's up to 225,000 now.
flop landed and Jordanou checked over to the Russian. Kostritsyn slid out a bet of just 28,000, and once Jordanou made the call, the dealer dropped the 
on the turn.
fell on the river to end his tournament as Kostritsyn climbed to 480,000 in chips.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
needing to win a flip against fellow Australian James Obst, who was holding pocket sixes 
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ensured Obst continued flipping well in this tournament leaving Karamalikis drawing dead. Karamalikis was already shaking his opponent's hand when the 
on the river which also happened to fill Obst's boat.
and Feldman was eliminated. Trickett moved to 760,000 in chips.
and Jordanou checked. Kostritsyn checked behind.
and Jordanou checked. Kostritsyn decided to fire a bet and made it 18,000 to go. Jordanou folded.
and Lindgren doubled up to just under 90,000. Karamalikis dropped to 35,000.
, Karamalikis fired out a bet of 12,000 from his 85,000-chip stack. Yu went into the tank but when prompted by the dealer that he had 20 seconds to act, Yu announced "raise" and fired out 27,000 in chips. Karamalikis took one more look at his cards before deciding they were not good enough to commit his chips and opted to fold.
