JC Alvarado shoved his last 173,000 from the under-the-gun position. Two seats over it was Christoph Vogelsang who made the call. All other players folded, and Alvarado's was dominated by Vogelsang's . The flop was big for Alvarado, and the on the turn made sure he was going to double up. The finished off the board on the river, and Alvarado moved to about 400,000 in chips.
Action folded to Mike McDonald and he opened with a raise on the button. In the small blind was Viacheslav Goryachev. He shoved for his last 120,000 or so, and then Igor Kurganov folded from the big blind. McDonald made the call and needed to improve with his against Goryachev's .
The flop and turn were harmless for Goryachev, but the on the river wasn't, as it delivered McDonald with a pair of tens and the winning hand. That meant it was time for Goryachev to exit, while McDonald moved to an above-average stack.
Max Altergott raised under the gun, and Alexander Trevallion moved all in over the top for about 260,000 from the small blind. Altergott made the call, and Trevallion was at risk.
Altergott:
Trevallion:
The board ran out , and despite flopping top set to take the lead, Trevallion was eliminated by Altergott's rivered flush.
There has just been a redraw, as we got down to the final 24 players of this tournament. A total of 14 players will get paid, which means that 10 more will go home empty-handed.
Ben Tollerene has been on the move and is up over 1.2 million in chips thanks to two recent pots. First, Tollerene doubled up through Steve O'Dwyer. Then, he busted Sergey Lebedev.
Patrick Leonard first lost a big pot to Max Altergott where he bet 165,000 on a board of . Altergott tanked for a fair bit before announcing all in, and now Leonard needed his time. Altergott called the clock on him and Leonard eventually folded with just over 100,000 behind. We didn't see that entire hand unfortunately, and missed his bust out as well. Shame on us!
Ankush Mandavia told us Leonard had 148,000 in his last hand and shoved those chips under the gun all in. 'Byron "Hero" Kaverman made the call with ace-nine' said Mandavia with a smile. Leonard had and the flop came with a flushdraw, according to Altergott who joined in the conversation. The on the turn sealed the deal and the river couldn't change Leonard's fate anymore.
Hassan Fares raised to 55,000 from the button and big blind Viacheslav Buldygin moved in for 390,000. Fares tanked for a fair bit but eventually called. He smashed his on the table with a disappointed face as he was just shown .
"Yes!" he exclaimed after the flop, but it was too soon to celebrate. The on the turn in combination with the on the river gave Buldygin a flush and Fares was left with just 38,000.
was up against Voulgaris' 
and Kenney's 
. Needless to say, Les was in a great spot in this hand.
, and just like that the tournament lost two players.
on the turn made sure he was going to double up. The 
finished off the board on the river, and Alvarado moved to about 400,000 in chips.
against Goryachev's 
. 
flop and 
turn were harmless for Goryachev, but the 
on the river wasn't, as it delivered McDonald with a pair of tens and the winning hand. That meant it was time for Goryachev to exit, while McDonald moved to an above-average stack.
of Fedor Holz. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
and the flop came 
with a flushdraw, according to Altergott who joined in the conversation. The 
on the table with a disappointed face as he was just shown 
.
on the turn in combination with the 
