Artem Litvinov just doubled up through Jason Tompkins and celebrated by walking to the edge of the stage where he did a body-splitting roundhouse kick followed by a bout of air boxing.
The action opened with a raise to 200,000 from Angelo Recchia before both Litvinov and Tompkins both moved in behind. The Italian folded and left the other two to it.
Litvinov:
Tompkins:
The board ran an action .
Tompkins flopped a set but couldn't fade the Russian's flush draw.
Ludovic Lacay raised to 200,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by Jason Lavallee's small blind and Angelo Recchia's big blind.
The flop fell and all three players decided to check their option, prompting the to fall on fourth street. Two more checks went to Lacay and he fired 225,000. Lavallee called and Recchia got out of the way.
The finished the board and Lavallee checked. Lacay pushed out yet another bet and Lavallee folded his hand.
Ludovic Lacay raised to 200,000 under the gun only to have Jason Tompkins, who was next to act, move all in for 750,000. The rest of the players folded, and Lacay made the call.
Showdown
Lacay:
Tompkins:
Tompkins was in a great spot to double, and that's exactly what he did when the board ran out .
Angelo Recchia's great level has continued after he eliminated Micah Raskin in a hand that had the guys in the commentary box in hysterics.
Raskin opened from under the gun and called when Recchia three-bet him from the cut-off.
The flop fanned and Raskin check-raised Recchia's 250,000 c-bet up to 500,000. Recchia then three-bet to 875,000 and was called.
The turn fell and Recchia bet 626,000. Raskin check-called leaving himself with just 330,000 behind. On the river the American check-called off his remaining stack with for a full house. He had been rivered though as Recchia opened for a bigger full house.
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Jason Tompkins moved all in under the gun for 2.02 million with and watched action fold to Artem Litvinov in the small blind. Litvinov snap-called off his remaining 1.11 million after looking fown at , making him a huge favorite.
Not one to sit still, Litvinov was up out of his chair as he watched the board run out . With that, Litvinov became a force while Tompkins was left with just 910,000.
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and all three players decided to check their option, prompting the 
to fall on fourth street. Two more checks went to Lacay and he fired 225,000. Lavallee called and Recchia got out of the way.
finished the board and Lavallee checked. Lacay pushed out yet another bet and Lavallee folded his hand.
and Raskin check-raised Recchia's 250,000 c-bet up to 500,000. Recchia then three-bet to 875,000 and was called.
and Recchia bet 626,000. Raskin check-called leaving himself with just 330,000 behind. On the 
for a full house. He had been rivered though as Recchia opened 
and watched action fold to Artem Litvinov in the small blind. Litvinov snap-called off his remaining 1.11 million after looking fown at 
, making him a huge favorite.
. With that, Litvinov became a force while Tompkins was left with just 910,000.
