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Russian Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko has been eliminated.
First it was Marc-Andre Ladouceur who shoved from the under the gun plus one position for 47,400, and Alex Kravchenko in the big blind made the call after some thinking. Ladouceur had and Kravchenko needed to hit with his . The helped no one, and Kravchenko was left with just under 7,000.
Not much later he pushed for his last 4,800 from the hijack position. Mickey Petersen in the small blind asked how much it was, and glanced at Vanessa Selbst's stack behind him (55,000). Petersen moved all in, and Selbst folded.
Petersen had , and was up against Kravchenko's . The was not a good one for Kravchenko, and the on the turn and on the river weren't either.
Right after Kravchenko's elimination, the table broke. The tournament is down to 120 players, 15 tables left in the room.
Kyle Julius lost a bunch of chips in a hand not too long ago with kings, and just lost the rest of 'em with kings as well.
Mickey Petersen opened under the gun plus one to 7,000, and Kyle Julius shoved his remaining 32,600 all in from the cutoff. Action folded to Petersen, who called after some thinking.
Julius was ahead with his as Petersen showed up with . The flop () and turn () were still good for Julius, but the on the river busted him.