The staff just came back from checking the tapes in the security room and said, "The pot is right. He has the chips he's supposed to. The pot is right."
We're playing on, and nobody is more happy about that than Etienne Archambeaud.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Sergey Tikhonov just made an amazing call for his tournament life, but in the end, things didn't go his way.
Tikhonov had bet 70,000 on the 
flop before Jan Bendik raised to 165,000. After some time in the tank, Tikhonov called.
The turn was the 
. Tikhonov checked and Bendik quickly announced that he was all in. The all-in bet was effectively worth 315,000 as that's what Tikhonov had behind. After several long minutes in the tank, Tikhonov called with the 
for just a pair of threes and a whopping seven kicker. Bendik held the 
for two overs to the board and a turned flush draw.
The river landed with the 
and Bendik pumped his fist in celebration and let out a cheer. All Tikhonov could do was send over the chips and exit to the payout desk, which he did, quietly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Wow, just absolutely wow!
Mustapha Kanit raised from early position to 41,000 before action fell on chip leader Chris McClung in the very next seat. He reraised to 104,000. Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden passed next and then Joseph Cheong was up from the cutoff seat. He put in a cold four-bet to 220,000.
After that, play folded over to Andreas Samuelsson in the big blind. His eyes darted around the table in a very Phil-Ivey-esque manner while he thought for a few moments. In the end, he passed. Kanit was back up and he too passed. McClung asked Cheong how much he had. "I started the hand with about a million," responded the 2010 World Series of Poker third-place finisher. McClung then announced that he was all in.
"Call," snapped Cheong.
Cheong held the 
. Even if he just held king high he would have had a better hand than what McClung turned over. McClung tabled the 
.
With this pot easily over two million in chips, the dealer ran the flop 
and McClung picked up a heart flush draw. The turn was the 
and McClung nailed his flush. The turn did give Cheong a set of kings, so a repeat on the river of any of the board cards could still win him the hand.
The dealer burned one last time and then dealt the 
out on the river. Cheong failed to make a full house and lost to McClung's heart flush.
Although Cheong quietly passed his chips over and said good game to the table, the look on Lex Veldhuis' face was priceless. He looked as though all he wanted to do was give Cheong a comforting hug.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,650,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
1,330,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Barny Boatman raised to 42,000 to open the pot, and Elio Fox three-bet to 90,000. Action came around to Etienne Archambeaud, and he shoved all in for 140,000. Boatman proceeded to reraise all in, and Fox asked for the count. It was 312,000, and the call came rather quickly to put two players at risk.
Showdown
Boatman: 
Fox: 
Archambeaud: 
The board ran out 
, and Boatman seemed pleased. "That'll do," he said in his understated way. He's sent Archambeaud on his way, chipping up to almost 800,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
798,000
548,000
|
548,000 |
|
|
||
|
500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
On the turn of a 
board, we joined the action as Gianluca Cedolia was betting 92,000 in a three-way pot. Yorane Kerignard checked and called, but Giacomo Fundaro check-shoved for 256,000 total. Cedolia folded out of the way, but Kerignard quickly called with his covering stack, and the news was not good for the at-risk player.
Fundaro's 
had fallen into a big hole against the 
of Kerignard, and the river 
provided no two-out salvation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Gianluca Cedolia raised from under the gun to 45,000 and Yorane Kerignard reraised to 95,000 from the button. Action folded back to Cedolia and he made the call.
The flop came down 
and Cedolia check-called a bet of 64,000 to see the pair the board on the turn. Cedolia checked again and Kerignard bet 89,000. Cedolia check-raised to 216,000 with about 240,000 behind. After a minute, Kerignard folded.
Barny Boatman was all in for 507,000 on the 
flop with the 
. He was up against the 
for Elo Bohbot. The turn was the 
and river the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,220,000
422,000
|
422,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
|
||
Action folded to Jon Spinks in the small blind and he raised all in to put the short-stacked Richard Loth all in from the big blind. Loth called with the and put himself at risk for around 150,000. Spinks held the 
.
The board ran out 
and Spinks won the hand with two pair. Loth hit the rail in 26th place and there's only one more elimination to go before the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
Busted |
Jon Spinks sent Richard Loth out on 26th and he just sent Denys Drobyna out in 25th with similar action.
Action folded to Spinks on the button and he open-shipped. Drobyna was the only blind in the big blind and made the call with 
for his last 180,000 or so. Spinks held 
. A queen flopped straight away and that's all Spinks needed to win the hand and eliminate Drobyna in 25th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
