Oleksii Khoroshenin must know something we don't. Despite us catching hands in which he loses, he chip trend still shows him going up. That tells us he's constantly on the offensive, winning pots and applying lots of aggression against his opponents.
On this latest hand that we caught, Khoroshenin was again on the losing end, but he's up over 1.4 million now.
Action folded to Khoroshenin on the button and he raised. In the big blind, Ryan Mceathron reraised all in for around 150,000. Khoroshenin called with two red eights, and Mceathron had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Mceathron doubled up.
Anthony Zinno raised from the button to 16,000, and Nacho Barbero three-bet from the small blind to 43,000, getting the big blind to fold. Zinno then calmly announced, "All in," and Barbero immediately let out a deep sigh.
After about 10 seconds, Barbero reluctantly threw chips into the middle, indicating he made the call.
Barbero:
Zinno:
The board ran out , and Zinno won this massive coin flip to send Barbero to the rail. Zinno had shoved for 503,000, and Barbero had just 493,000 in front of him, ending the Argentinian's run on Day 3.
"So obvious he has ace-king there," Barbero sighed. "I had to take the 55% there."
A player opened for 20,000 before the flop and Matthias De Meulder defended his big blind. De Meulder check called bets of 30,000 on the , 48,000 on the turn, and a mere 25,000 on the river. De Meulder looked like he thought he had a winner, but mucked with a frown when his opponent showed .
Alexander Ivarsson opened with a raise from late position only to have John Juanda come over the top with a three-bet to an unknown amount from the button. The blinds get out of the way and Ivarsson responds with a four-bet to 118,000. Juanda five-bets the action to 198,000 and Ivarsson calls.
The flop comes out and Ivarsson checks to the aggressor. Juanda continues out for 100,000 and Ivarsson thinks for about 30 seconds before letting his hand go. Juanda takes down the pot and brings his stack up to 815,000.
Dmitry Yurasov opened for 16,000 from the cutoff and Oleksii Khoroshenin on the button made the call. Ryan Mceathron in the big blind squeezed to 48,000 and Yurasov four bet to 98,000. Khoroshenin folded and Mceathron shoved all in after some thinking. Yurasov asked for a count (it was 309,000 total) and called.
Dmitry Yurasov:
Ryan Mceathron:
The board ran out and Mceathron made his exit. Right after that hand the table broke, and Yurasov (with now 1.1 million in chips) was finally rid of Khoroshenin (with 1.4 million in chips) on his left.
Former EPT Vienna winner Michael Eiler just doubled up to give himself another chance at making the fourth day of play. Eiler was all in for 69,000 chips and up against Pakinai Lisawad.
Lisawad:
Eiler:
The board ran out and Eiler lived to fight another orbit.
Elliot Smith and Concepcion Tacoronte look down at a board of . Smith checks and Tacoronte moves all in for his last 82,000. Smith thinks for well over 90 seconds before moving out calling chips.
Tacoronte:
Smith:
Both players hold a pair of jacks but Tacoronte leads with his king kicker. The finishes off the board and Tacoronte lives on. He now has about 235,000 to his name.
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, and Mceathron doubled up.
, and Zinno won this massive coin flip to send Barbero to the rail. Zinno had shoved for 503,000, and Barbero had just 493,000 in front of him, ending the Argentinian's run on Day 3.
, 48,000 on the 
turn, and a mere 25,000 on the 
river. De Meulder looked like he thought he had a winner, but mucked with a frown when his opponent showed 
and Ivarsson checks to the aggressor. Juanda continues out for 100,000 and Ivarsson thinks for about 30 seconds before letting his hand go. Juanda takes down the pot and brings his stack up to 815,000.
and Mceathron made his exit. Right after that hand the table broke, and Yurasov (with now 1.1 million in chips) was finally rid of Khoroshenin (with 1.4 million in chips) on his left.
and Eiler lived to fight another orbit.
