Katchalov's Flopped Straight Goes Down to Straight Flush
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
On a board of 
the small blind checked, and Sam Grafton in the big blind lead for 38,000. Eugene Katchalov flatted in middle position and Georgios Sotiropoulos shoved all in right behind him for what we believe was 197,000, but the dealer counted as 207,000. The small blind quickly folded, Grafton soon realized his hand wasn't good enough and folded, Katchalov instantly called.
Eugene Katchalov: 
Georgios Sotiropoulos: 
The 
on the turn made Katchalov drawing dead, the 
was just insult to injury. Katchalov had 240,000 left after that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
240,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
|
||
. Kim was ahead with 
.
against the 
of Praz Bansi on a board of 
. The Brit had 75,000 left after the hand and doubled once before then being at risk for 157,000 with 
and initial raiser Nandor Solyom called from the button with 
. "Nice hand," Linde said and stood up, ready to leave. Instead, the 
against 
but could not improve on a board of 
and got called by Pablo Sanz Quiles in the cutoff with 
. It was already all over by the turn of a 
