Under the gun, Daniele Vesco open-shoved his last 126,000 chips -- he must have doubled up already today --, and the table slowly folded around. In the big blind, though, Dmitry Vitkind quickly called, turning up . Vesco tabled for his tournament life, and the race was on.
Vesco found the flop, and the board has doubled him again, this time putting him back into contention.
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Elio Fox opened to 17,000 under the gun, and Denys Drobyna stuck in a three-bet to 41,000 in position. Fox asked him how much his opponent was playing (~500,000 to start the hand), and he made another raise to 86,000 straight. Drobyna sat like a statue for a couple minutes before making the call.
The flop came , and Fox took pause before tapping the table. Drobyna made it 85,000 to go, and Fox surrendered without incident.
Despite that hit, the newly crowned WSOPE Main Event champion is still just about where he started the day, right about 650,000 in chips.
David Bach opened with a raise to 21,000 from the cutoff seat and Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called from the button. In the big blind, Sebastian Saffari also came along.
The flop came down and action was checked by Saffari. Bach then bet 37,000 and Veldhuis folded. Saffari made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the land on the river. Both players checked again.
Daniel Neilson raised from under the gun to 17,000 and 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Elio Fox reraised from the cutoff seat to 43,000. After some back and forth as to how many chips they each had behind, Neilson decided to fold.
Joseph Cheong has just claimed the tournament life of Eduard Kapitonov. Kapitonov got the last of his stack in bad with against Cheong's .
There was no help for Kapitonov on the board, and Cheong moves up over the million-chip mark with that knockout. We'll tentatively call it 1.1 million, but we'll have to wait for him to stack up before we can get a better count.
Nick Yunis has won the large majority of pots at his table, including this one here.
From middle position, Sebastian Saffari raised to 16,000. Nick Yunis called from the small blind and David Bach called from the big blind to see the flop come out. After Yunis and Bach checked, Saffari bet 28,000. Yunis put in a check-raise to 84,000 and Bach folded. With 449,000 behind, Saffari also gave it up and Yunis won the pot.
On a flop, we watched Sergey Tikhonov check-call a bet of 38,000 from Giacomo Fundaro. The Italian was on the button, and Tikhonov in the small blind, and they went as far as the turn . Tikhonov checked again, and Fundaro took his cue to bet another 61,000 at the pot. After a long soak in the tank, though, Tikhonov check-raised the minimum, and Fundaro was forced to give it up.
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. Vesco tabled 
for his tournament life, and the race was on.
board has doubled him again, this time putting him back into contention.
, and Fox took pause before tapping the table. Drobyna made it 85,000 to go, and Fox surrendered without incident.
and action was checked by Saffari. Bach then bet 37,000 and Veldhuis folded. Saffari made the call.
and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Both players checked again.
and Saffari mucked his hand.
board, and Cheong moves up over the million-chip mark with that knockout. We'll tentatively call it 1.1 million, but we'll have to wait for him to stack up before we can get a better count.
. Tikhonov checked again, and Fundaro took his cue to bet another 61,000 at the pot. After a long soak in the tank, though, Tikhonov check-raised the minimum, and Fundaro was forced to give it up.
