Ortynskiy Triples Up; Staszko Busted
It was folded all the way to Martin Staszko on the cutoff. He moved all in for 93,000 in total on the button, Xixiang Luo asked for a count.
He threw in the calling chips and Mats Karlsson folded his small blind. From the big blind, Viatcheslav Ortynskiy called all in for slightly less than Staszko, 89,000 in total.
Martin Staszko: 
Xixiang Luo: 
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy: 
Ortynskiy dominated both of his opponents and was looking to triple up. The board ran out 
and he was back in the hunt for the title.
Luo took another hit, while Staszko was left with only 4,000 behind.
In the next hand, the former November Niner went all in and on the button, Mats Karlsson raised to 16,000. The blind got out of the way and cards were tabled.
It was 
for Staszko against Karlsson's 
. The flop was 
. Karlsson made a pair of sevens, but Staszko had a straight draw.
Neither the 
turn or the 
river completed that draw and Staszko was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | -100,000 |
|
340,000 | 20,000 |
|
275,000 | 173,000 |
|
Busted |