With Vitalijs Tarhanovs on just 15,000 chips, Chris Moore raised to 25,000 out of the small blind. Victor Sbrissa three-bet to 65,000 in the big blind, and Moore called.
The flop fell , Moore check-called a 55,000-chip bet, and the turn brought the . Moore checked, Sbrissa fired 75,000, and Moore begrudgingly folded.
As Ilya Bulychev was collecting his things on an adjacent table, Chris Moore opened to 21,000 on the button. Victor Sbrissa three-bet to 59,000 out of the small blind, and Alex Bilokur moved all in for 189,000 from the big blind. Moore folded, and Sbrissa, thinking he was pot-committed, called.
Sbrissa:
Bilokur:
Bilokur held as the board rolled out , doubling to 415,000 chips.
Ilya Bulychev, who bubbled the $1 Million Big One for One Drop, open-shoved for 71,000 from under the gun, and Philip Sternheimer called out of the small blind.
Bulychev:
Sternheimer:
Sternheimer flopped the world when the dealer fanned , taking away two of Bulychev's outs, and held as the turn and river came , respectively.
With Bulychev's elimination, we are now down to 17 players and will play hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts.
Vanessa Selbst opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, Toby Lewis called on the button, and Artem Litvinov defended from the big blind. The dealer fanned , Litvinov and Selbst both checked, and Lewis fired 33,000. Only Selbst called.
The turn was the , Selbst checked again, and Lewis tossed out another 85,000. Selbst tank-called.
The river was a fourth heart - the - and Selbst checked a third time. Lewis checked behind, revealing . Selbst showed for a flopped set.
"What an awful runout," Selbst lamented. "Good thing you had a real hand."
Selbst was alluding to the fact that if Lewis didn't have a hand as strong as queens, he may have bluffed the river. He did not, however, and Selbst wasn't put into a tough position.
When we arrived at the table, Philipp Gruissem was all in and at risk holding against the of Chris Moore. The race was over rather quickly when the flop fell , giving Moore quads.
The turn and river came , respectively, and Gruissem was eliminated short of the money.
From under the gun, Philipp Gruissem limped in. Tony Gregg checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down . Gregg checked, and Gruissem checked behind.
The turn was the , and Gregg check-raised a bet of 11,000 from Gruissem to 35,000. Gregg called.
The river was the , and Gregg checked. Gruissem fired all in for about 110,000, and Gregg folded.
Vanessa Selbst opened to 16,000 in the cutoff, Toby Lewis three-bet to 38,000 on her direct left, and Selbst four-bet to 84,000. Lewis five-bet to 140,000, prompting Selbst to fold.