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Faced with a three-bet from Niall Farrell, Alex Kravchenko cold four-bet all in. The action folded back to Farrell, who quickly called with 
, which had Kravchenko's 
crushed.
The queens held, and the Russian was sent off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 88,000 |
|
Busted |
Ami Barer moved all in for his final 15,700 preflop and Steve Jelinek called from the cutoff. Barny Boatman then reraised to 41,000 on the button. Chris Moorman thought for a minute before folding in the small blind and Jelinek folded 
face up.
Barer: 
Boatman: 
The flop brought something for everyone coming 
but the 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Boatman increased his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 80,000 |
|
Busted |
Marc Wright seemed ever so close to calling with (what he said was) king high and he would've been right as Jeff Sarwer (his opponent in the hand) was bluffing with 
.
The hand started with a mid position raise to 5,100 from Sarwer and a big blind peel from Wright. The flop fanned 
and Wright check-called a 5,200 c-bet. Sarwer got confused when Wright led out for 11,700 on the 
turn but he called nonetheless.
On the 
river Wright checked to face a 16,800 bet from Sarwer. After looking like he was going to call, Wright passed and was snap shown the queen-high by Sarwer.
"Would've been so sick if I called" said Wright. "I had king high," he added when Sarwer asked if he had ace- high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | -50,000 |
|
80,000 | -12,700 |
Mike McDonald and Philipp Gruissem have a combined $8.5 million in career live tournament earnings, and they're also sitting at the same table here at The Vic.
In a recent hand, McDonald opened to 4,800 from the cutoff, Gruissem defended out of the big blind, and the dealer fanned 
. Gruissem checked, McDonald continued for 6,600, and Gruissem called.
The turn was the 
, both players knuckled, and the 
completed the board. Gruissem tossed out 17,000, and McDonald mucked his hand.
Gruissem now sits with 180,000 chips, while McDonald slipped just below 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 | -10,000 |
|
180,000 | 43,000 |
With Anael Dossevi already in preflop, Shahaf Hadaya was tanking on the turn of a 
board as Dermot Blain had moved all in. Hadaya was put on the clock but in the end opted for a call.
Hadaya: 
Dossevi: 
Blain: 
The river was the pairing the board and Hadaya scooped the lot as a very disappointed Blain was forced to leave muttering to himself.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 | 362,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Before the break, Kitty Kuo had an opponent all in and at risk preflop:
Kuo:
Opponent: 
Kuo was well behind, and remained behind after the flop () and the turn (), but the 
spiked on the river. Kuo eliminated her opponent with a pair of aces, and now sits with 240,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 60,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
It's the last 15-minute break of the day.
Paul Berende had already dropped down to 130,000 when the following hand occurred. From middle position he raiesd to 4,200 and Manfred Sierke called in the seat to his left. Full Tilt's Professional Viktor Blom squeezed from the small blind to 15,600 and the action was back on Berende.
Berende decided to put in a four-bet to 34,200 and that got Sierke to fold. Blom tanked for a very long time, asked how much Berende had behind, and then made the call.
The flop brought 
and Blom checked to Berende who bet 30,000. Blom tanked for quite some time again and moved all in. Even before Blom had moved his chips across the line it was Berende who made the call.
Paul Berende:
Viktor Blom: 
Blom had a gutshot and the hopes of hitting either a seven or an eighth but the turn brought the 
. The river brought the 
and Berende could do nothing but laugh about the way this huge pot played out.
As Berende left the table Blom said, "Hey Paul, I'm sorry man."
"No man, it's okay. Good luck in the tournament," Berende said as a true gentleman before exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000 | 337,000 |
|
Busted |
Nicolas Chouity opened for a raise from under the gun, Walid Bou Habib called from two spots on his left, Seun Oluwole called on his direct left, and Renato Almeida defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Almeida checked, and Chouity continued for 8,300. Habib raised to 17,200, Oluwole re-raised to 27,200, and both Almeida and Chouity folded. Habib called.
The turn was the 
, Habib checked, and Oluwole fired another 34,700. Habib tanked for the better part of two minutes, then finally folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 82,100 |
|
180,000 | -18,000 |
|
84,000 | 57,500 |
