All-in and calls at either end of the tournament hall. At one end Mikhail Marchenko held and was at risk and up against the of Tamer Kamel. The cards ran out and Marchenko was out.
At the other end Apostolos Bechrakis was out after his failed to come from behind the of Emmanuel Francois Murcia.
Ke Kwan Lau was riding high this time yesterday but after a set-back late yesterday, and more of the same today, he looks like a man who has the weight of the world on his shoulders, or one who has been struck by an –inator of Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
After being moved to the feature table on the break, 2013 World Series of Poker third-place finisher Amir Lehavot and UK pro Stephen Chidwick clashed in a huge pot.
We picked up the action after Chidwick had four-bet to 65,000 from the small blind and Lehavot five-bet to 120,000 from the button. Chidwick responded with a six-bet shove and Lehavot called off for 348,000. Chidwick barely had him covered, but he was the favorite.
Chidwick:
Lehavot:
It was a big flip for the chip lead, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Chidwick was a 56.55% favorite while Lehavot would survive 43.03% of the time. The flop was no help to Lehavot, and he fell to a 3-1 dog. The turn knocked him down even further to 13.64%, meaning he needed either an ace or king on the river to stay alive. On the other hand, Chidwick would win 86.36% of the time, and as fate would have it this was one of those times as the river improved him to a full house.
With that, Lehavot was eliminated in 106th place while Chidwick took over the chip lead.
Henrique Pinho moved all in and was quickly called by Artem Metalidi. Pinho had and needed help against the of Metalidi. The cards ran out , not even a sweat and Pinho hit the rail.
Gaik Karabakhtcian moved all-in for his last 34,000. Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev called and flipped over . The only problem was that Igor Yaroshevskyy was still to act in the big blind. The floor was called and a ruling was made. Konakchiev’s hand would remain live throughout the rest of the hand, he could bet and raise, but after it was over he would have a one round penalty. It gave Yaroshevskyy an interesting dilemma and he thought for a while before making the call for 32,500. The dealer dealt a flop of . Yaroshevskyy checked as did Konakchiev. The turn was . Another check from Yaroshevskyy and now Konakchiev bet 20,000 which got the fold. The forgotten man in the hand who was all in could now flip over his and he needed to hit on the river. It was . The pot went to a chastened Konakchiev who left the table for his one round penalty and Karabakhtcian exited the tournament.
Andrey Grenko is up to roughly 375,000 after doubling through Dmitry Ponomarev. It was on the turn of a board that the main action occurred, Ponomarev bet 20,000, Grenko raised to 55,000, Ponomarev set Grenko all-in for 150,000 total and Grenko snap called.
Grenko: - top set
Ponomarev: - top pair top kicker
Ponomarev was drawing dead and is down to 240,000 after that hand.
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and was at risk and up against the 
of Tamer Kamel. The cards ran out 
and Marchenko was out.
failed to come from behind the 
of Emmanuel Francois Murcia.
river improved him to a full house.
and needed help against the 
, not even a sweat and Pinho hit the rail.
but he lost to Ciaran Burke's 
. Yaroshevskyy checked as did Konakchiev. The turn was 
. Another check from Yaroshevskyy and now Konakchiev bet 20,000 which got the fold. The forgotten man in the hand who was all in could now flip over his 
and he needed to hit on the river. It was 
. The pot went to a chastened Konakchiev who left the table for his one round penalty and Karabakhtcian exited the tournament.
board that the main action occurred, Ponomarev bet 20,000, Grenko raised to 55,000, Ponomarev set Grenko all-in for 150,000 total and Grenko snap called.