Pihela and Kobylynskyi Bite the Dust
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Igor Pihela open-shoved his stack of 156,000 as first to act. It folded to Joshua Boulton, who called in the cutoff.
Igor Pihela: K♠Q♥ 
Joshua Boulton: K♥K♣
Pihela was in dire shape against the kings of Boulton. The 3♠2♠2♥2♣ turn gave a slight chance at a chop, but the Q♣ river was not enough for Pihela to survive his all-in.
At an adjacent table, Artem Kobylynskyi had moved in 95,000 from the big blind and was called by Mohamed Aissani in the hijack.
Artem Kobylynskyi: 2♥2♦
Mohamed Aissani: A♥10♦
Aissani made a pair of aces on the J♠A♠6♥ flop, and Kobylynskyi's exit was sealed when he could not find a deuce on the Q♥ turn or 9♣ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
637,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
310,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |